This book is expected to present state-of-the-art understanding of a selection of excitonic and photonic processes in useful materials from semiconductors to insulators to metal/insulator nanocomposites, both inorganic and organic. Among the featured applications are components of solar cells, detectors, light-emitting devices, scintillators and materials with novel optical properties. Excitonic properties are particularly important in organic photovoltaics and light emitting devices, as also in questions of the ultimate resolution and efficiency of new-generation scintillators for medical diagnostics, border security and nuclear non proliferation. Novel photonic and optoelectronic applications benefit from new material combinations and structures to be discussed.
Author(s): Jai Singh, Richard T. Williams (eds.)
Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 203
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Singapur
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 358
Tags: Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices; Optical and Electronic Materials; Semiconductors; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanotechnology
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Photocarrier Recombination Dynamics in Perovskite Semiconductor SrTiO $$_{3}$$ 3 ....Pages 1-35
Nano Architectures in Silicon Photovoltaics....Pages 37-62
Electronic Structures of Planar and Nonplanar Polyfluorene....Pages 63-80
Organic and Excitonic Solar Cells....Pages 81-125
Exciton-Plasmon Coupling in Nanocomposites....Pages 127-155
Influence of Excitonic Processes in the Energy Resolution of Scintillators....Pages 157-192
Electronic Properties of Noncrystalline Semiconductors....Pages 193-228
Excitonic Processes in Organic Semiconductors and Their Applications in Organic Photovoltaic and Light Emitting Devices....Pages 229-251
Optical and Electronic Processes in Semiconductor Materials for Device Applications....Pages 253-297
Scintillation Detectors of Radiation: Excitations at High Densities and Strong Gradients....Pages 299-358
