ABSTRACT

Gallium nitride (GaN) and its close chemical counterparts-aluminum nitride (AlN), indium nitride (InN), and their ternary alloys Al(Ga, In)N-form the III-V nitride-based semiconductor family (often referred to as nitrides). The most established applications of III-nitride semiconductors are optoelectronics and electronics, but applications such as spintronics, photovoltaics, and sensors are recently under extensive research as well. Detailed summaries of their applications and market analysis can be found in various publications. 1–3