Fundamentals of semiconductor: 

Introduction to semiconductor, types of semiconductors, energy bands and charge carriers, carrier concentrations, invariance of fermi level at equilibrium. doping, mobility, drift of carriers in electric and magnetic fields, hall coefficient, effective mass. p-n junction, depletion region, I-V characteristics, output power. Gr. IV, III-V, II-VI Semiconductors, Polymer semiconductors, SiC.                                                                   

Device processing techniques: 

Oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, lithography, etching, annealing, metallization. Metal-Semiconductor contacts, ohmic contacts, schottky diodes, M-S Fermi level, I-V and C-V, Fermi level pinning.  

Fundamental of MOS:

Structure, band bending, C-V, G-V, I-V curves, interfacial and bulk defects, traps, tunneling, MOSFET, threshold voltage. Moore's law, Scaling down of device dimensions, Nanostructures, quantum dots, wires, well, Nonvolatile memory cell.                                            

Photovoltaic devices: 

Fundamentals of photovoltaics, photovoltaics conversion, types of solar cell, generation and excitation of charge separation, fill factor, I-V and C-V characteristics, efficiency, tandem solar cell, QD based nano structured solar cell, fabrication of solar cell.                                               

Optoelectronics Devices: 

Different LED structure, internal quantum efficiency, LASER, types of detectors and applications.