Doping of Semi Conductors

Abstract

Most of the semi-conductors are formed by addition of foreign substances in an insulator. This is called 'Doping'. These doped semi-conductors today are widely used in many electrical devices. Some of them are rectifiers, transistors, thermistors, oxides cathodes and photo-sensitive elements. This paper reviews the fundamental concept of impurity in semi-conductors and recent work on doping of the latter. Purification methods are described in the case of group IV elements and semi-conducting intermetallic compounds. Results of different physical measurements have been discussed in order to understand the role of 'doping'.