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The 116 pages that link to Semiconductor, each with the reason it gives.

• Band gapNarrower topic: A moderate band gap lets practical energy inputs generate mobile carriers.

• Planck constantNarrower topic: Semiconductor devices depend on quantum energy levels whose scales involve h.

• Light-emitting diodeNarrower topic: LEDs are semiconductor devices whose optical behavior depends on composition and doping.

• Doping (semiconductors)Narrower topic: Doping modifies the carrier population in this broader class of materials.

• MicroprocessorNarrower topic: Semiconductor materials provide the controllable electrical behavior used in processor devices.

• SiliconNarrower topic: Silicon’s place in this material class underlies its largest technological role.

• TransistorNarrower topic: Transistors use controllable conductivity in semiconductor materials.

• Charge-coupled deviceNarrower topic: CCD charge storage and transport depend on controllable carrier populations in semiconductor material.

• PhotodetectorNarrower topic: Many photodetectors use semiconductors because light can generate mobile charge carriers in them.

• Solar cellNarrower topic: Semiconductor properties let solar cells separate and transport light-generated charge.

• P–n junctionNarrower topic: The junction is formed within this class of materials.

• PhotodiodeNarrower topic: Photodiodes rely on semiconductor properties to generate and transport light-driven charge.

• William ShockleyNarrower topic: Semiconductors provided the material basis for the transistor designs Shockley studied at Bell Labs.

• Titanium dioxideNarrower topic: Titanium dioxide’s semiconductor behavior enables light-driven charge separation.

• Field-effect transistorNarrower topic: The channel is made from semiconductor material whose conductivity the gate changes.

• PhotovoltaicsNarrower topic: Semiconductor properties let photovoltaic cells control light-generated charge carriers.

• MetalloidNarrower topic: Several metalloids, especially silicon, are elemental semiconductors.

• PhotoconductivityNarrower topic: Many photoconductors rely on light-sensitive carrier populations in semiconductors.

• Quantum dotNarrower topic: Quantum dots inherit their electronic structure from the semiconductor they are made from.

• Electron–hole pairNarrower topic: Electron–hole pairs are characteristic excitations in these materials.

• MOSFETNarrower topic: The MOSFET channel and source–drain regions are formed in semiconductor material.

• PhotocatalysisNarrower topic: Many photocatalysts are semiconductors that generate mobile charges when illuminated.

• Zinc oxideNarrower topic: ZnO’s electronic behavior places it among semiconductors.

• Band theoryNarrower topic: Its modest band gap enables conductivity to be tuned for electronic and optical devices.

• DiodeNarrower topic: Diodes are built from semiconductors whose conductivity can be engineered by region.

• GermaniumNarrower topic: Germanium is an elemental semiconductor whose conductivity changes with temperature and doping.

• Quantum wellNarrower topic: Quantum wells are built from semiconductor layers with deliberately different electronic properties.

• ElectroluminescenceNarrower topic: Most practical electroluminescent devices rely on semiconductor electronic states.

• Effective massNarrower topic: Electron and hole effective masses help determine semiconductor transport and device response.

• P-type semiconductorNarrower topic: P-type behavior is one way a semiconductor’s conductivity is controlled.

• Quantum confinementNarrower topic: Semiconductors provide the band structure and carriers commonly shaped by confinement.

• SeleniumNarrower topic: Selenium’s light-dependent electrical response is a semiconductor behavior.

• Solar energyNarrower topic: Semiconductors enable photovoltaic cells to separate and collect light-generated charge.

• Walter BrattainNarrower topic: Brattain’s transistor experiments depended on controlling charge flow at a semiconductor surface.

• Dark currentNarrower topic: Dark current in most solid-state image sensors originates in semiconductor devices.

• Depletion regionNarrower topic: Its controllable carrier population makes a depletion region possible.

• GalenaNarrower topic: Galena is a naturally occurring semiconductor with a history in radio detection.

• AntimonyNarrower topic: Antimony compounds and dopants are used in semiconductor materials and electronic devices.

• ElectronicsNarrower topic: Its controllable conductivity lets electronic devices regulate current.

• Jack KilbyNarrower topic: Kilby used semiconductor materials to make the components of his first integrated circuit.

• Schottky diodeNarrower topic: The semiconductor’s doping and band structure shape the diode’s barrier and current.

• Semiconductor heterostructureNarrower topic: Heterostructures combine semiconductor materials with different electronic properties.

• HeterojunctionNarrower topic: Heterojunctions join two members of this broad material class.

• Junction transistorNarrower topic: Junction transistors are devices made from semiconductor materials.

• Ohmic contactNarrower topic: The semiconductor side supplies the mobile carriers that cross the contact.

• Electron mobilityNarrower topic: Electron mobility is a central transport parameter in semiconductor devices.

• Semiconductor deviceNarrower topic: Its controllable conductivity is the material basis of semiconductor devices.

• Solid-state lightingNarrower topic: Semiconductor behavior enables electrically controlled light emission.

• Cadmium sulfideNarrower topic: CdS is one material in this broad class, with conductivity that responds to light.

• Copper(II) oxideNarrower topic: CuO's electronic properties place it among semiconductors.