Topics: Semiconductor, Semiconductor Materials, atomic bonding, quantum mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Schrodinger’s Wave Equation, Quantum Theory of Solids, energy bands, Electrical Conduction, Drift Current, electron effective mass, Dopant Atoms, Energy Levels, Extrinsic Semiconductor, Charge Neutrality, Carrier Transport Phenomena, Graded Impurity Distribution, Nonequilibrium Excess Carriers, ambipolar transport, Quasi-Fermi Energy Levels, surface effects, Metal–Semiconductor, Semiconductor Heterojunctions, tunnel diode, Schottky Barrier Diode, Metal–Semiconductor Ohmic Contacts, PN Junction Diode, Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor, Bipolar Transistor, Base Width Modulation, Ebers–Moll Model, Gummel–Poon Model, Large-Signal Switching, optical devices, solar cells, photodetectors, Junction Field-Effect Transistor, Photoluminescence, Electroluminescence, Luminescent Efficiency, Light Emitting Diodes, Laser Diodes, Quantum Efficiency, Power Bipolar Transistors, Gunn diode, Impatt diode, power MOSFETs, thyristor