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A theory of relativistic space-charge-limited current (SCLC) is formulated to determine the SCLC scaling, $J\propto V^{\alpha}/L^{\beta}$, for a finite bandgap Dirac material of length $L$ biased under a voltage $V$. In a one-dimensional…
Charge transport properties in organic semiconductors are determined by two kinds of microscopic disorders, namely energetic disorder related to the distribution of localized states and the spatial disorder related to the morphological…
It is widely assumed that thermionic current flow through a plasma is limited by a "space-charge limited" (SCL) cathode sheath that consumes the hot cathode's negative bias and accelerates upstream ions into the cathode. Here, we formulate…
For field emission (FE), it is widely expected that its emitting current density $J$ will become space-charge-limited current (SCLC) due the built-up of charge in-transit within a gap spacing $D$ biased at sufficiently large voltage $V$. In…
Based on the assumption that the contact barrier height determines the current flow in organic semiconductor-based electronic devices, charge injection at metal-organic (MO) interfaces has been extensively investigated, while space-charge…
Understanding space-charge limited current density (SCLCD) is fundamentally and practically important for characterizing many high-power and high-current vacuum devices. Despite this, no analytic equations for SCLCD with nonzero…
In this study, analytical models for space charge limited current (SCLC) transport in a porous (or disordered) trap-limited dielectric are derived for both planar and cylindrical configuration. By considering the porous solid as a…
We present current-voltage studies of very thin (ca. 77 nm) barium titanate single crystals up to 1.3 GV/m applied field. These show that the mechanism of leakage current at high fields is that of space charge limited conduction (SCLC) in a…
Spontaneous current orders due to odd-parity order parameters attract increasing attention in various strongly correlated metals. Here, we discover a novel spin-fluctuation-driven charge loop current (cLC) mechanism based on the functional…
The space-charge limited current (SCLC) in a vacuum diode is given by the Child-Langmuir law (CLL), whose electric potential $\varphi(x) = (\it{x/D})^{4/3}$, where x is the spatial coordinate across the gap and D is the gap separation…
The maximum current that can be transported across a vacuum diode is limited by forces arising due to space charge. In a planar diode configuration, the space charge limited (SCL) current density from a planar emitting patch is given by the…
It has been empirically observed in both experiments and particle-in-cell simulations that space-charge-dominated beams suffer strong growth in statistical phase-space area (degraded quality) and particle losses in alternating gradient…
We present results demonstrating the space charge-mediated transition between classical, diffusion-limited current and surface-conduction dominant over-limiting current in a shallow micro-nanochannel device. The extended space charge layer…
We use the electrode-less time-resolved microwave conductivity (TRMC) technique to characterize spin-crossover (SCO) nanoparticles. We show that TRMC is a simple and accurate mean for simultaneously as-sessing the magnetic state of SCO…
We show that ion trapping in virtual cathodes can raise the transmitted current of emitted electrons much closer to the full emission than is predicted by theories without trapped ions. The transmitted current is controlled by the well…
Conventionally, space-charge (SC) limited current density is defined as the maximal cur- rent density allowed to traverse a diode under a DC voltage when a time-invariant flow is injected from the cathode. In this work, we study the SC…
The emergence of halide perovskites in photovoltaics has diversified the research on this material family and extended their application towards several fields in the optoelectronics, such as photo- and ionizing-radiation-detectors. One of…
Carrier conduction in wide bandgap semiconductors (WBS) often exhibits velocity saturation at the high-electric field regime. How such effect influences the transition between contact-limited and space-charge-limited current in a…
PrMnO$_3$ (PMO) based RRAM shows selector-less behavior due to high-non-linearity. Recently, the non-linearity, along with volatile hysteresis, is demonstrated and utilized as a compact oscillator to enable highly scaled oscillatory…
We combined steady-state photoconductivity and laser-induced transient current measurements under above-band-gap illumination to study the space charge formation in CdZnTe. Analytical as well as numerical models describing space charge…