In this chapter we present a short summary of the physics and main properties of semiconductors. We refer to [1–6] for introductory textbooks of solid-state and semiconductor physics and to [7–12] for more advanced expositions.
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Jüngel, A. (2009). Basic Semiconductor Physics. In: Transport Equations for Semiconductors. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 773. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89526-8_1
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