Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of thermionic emission processes in abrupt semiconductor junctions, including the effects of surface states
Condensed Matter
2015-06-25 v1
Abstract
The methods of non-equilibrium thermodynamics of systems with an interface have been applied to the study of thermionic emission processes in abrupt semiconductor junctions, including the effects of surface states . Our analysis covers different situations of interest, concerning unipolar and bipolar systems, either degenerate or not, with or without interface states and under steady and non-steady conditions. In this way, a complete phenomenological modelling of thermionic emission-interface states processes has been proposed, overcoming some of the inherent limititations of the currently existing models.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9604105,
title = {Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of thermionic emission processes in abrupt semiconductor junctions, including the effects of surface states},
author = {G. Gomila and A. Perez-Madrid and J. M. Rubi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9604105},
year = {2015}
}
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19 pages, RevTex. Submitted to Physica A