Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin-Film Silicon Science and Technology 2012: Volume 1426

This volume includes sixty-two papers presented in the MRS Symposium A, 'Amorphous and Polycrystalline Thin-Film Silicon Science and Technology - 2012', which took place on April 9-13, 2012, in San Francisco, California.

The symposium covers the science and technology of thin-film silicon based materials and devices.

Among various applications, solar cells for photovoltaic energy conversion and thin-film transistors for flat-panel displays have been the two major driving forces for research and development of thin-film silicon materials and devices.

In the past few years, the thin-film silicon community has mainly focused on thin-film silicon solar cells to address the issues of efficiency, manufacturing capability and manufacturing cost.

This year Symposium A held a special session focusing on industry.