DOI: 10.1063/1.1736062. Current Flow across Grain Boundaries in<i>n</i>-Type Germanium. I

Current Flow across Grain Boundaries inn-Type Germanium. I

10.1063/1.1736062

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Abstract

A theory of the current flow across grain boundaries in n-type germanium is given. In the temperature range where carrier generation in the space charge region can be neglected and for donor concentrations in the bulk larger than 1014/cm3, the current is carried essentially by electrons crossing the barrier, the zero bias conductance is independent of the donor concentration and is given by G0=2.2·108Te−φ0/kT. The apparent activation energy φ0 is directly related to the barrier height. The current for applied voltages which are large compared to kT/q fails to saturate. The deviation for saturation is related to the density of states in the boundary band. At sufficiently low temperatures the carrier generation in the space-charge region is the rate-determining process for the current flow across the boundary.

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Mueller, R. K. (1961). Current Flow across Grain Boundaries inn-Type Germanium. I. Journal of Applied Physics, 32(4), 635â639.

Authors 1

R. K. Mueller (first)

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Type	When
Created	20 years, 4 months ago (April 22, 2005, 12:28 p.m.)
Deposited	7 months, 3 weeks ago (Dec. 31, 2024, 4:39 p.m.)
Indexed	7 months, 3 weeks ago (Jan. 1, 2025, 12:29 a.m.)
Issued	64 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1961)
Published	64 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1961)
Published Print	64 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1961)

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