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Dispersive-diffusion-controlled distance-dependent recombination in amorphous semiconductors.
- Source :
- Journal of Chemical Physics; 1/28/2006, Vol. 124 Issue 4, p044702, 9p, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- The photoluminescence in amorphous semiconductors decays according to the power law t<superscript>-δ</superscript> at long times. The photoluminescence is controlled by dispersive transport of electrons. The latter is usually characterized by the power α of the transient current observed in the time-of-flight experiments. Geminate recombination occurs by radiative tunneling which has a distance dependence. In this paper, we formulate ways to calculate reaction rates and survival probabilities in the case carriers execute dispersive diffusion with long-range reactivity. The method is applied to obtain tunneling recombination rates under dispersive diffusion. The theoretical condition of observing the relation δ=α/2+1 is obtained and theoretical recombination rates are compared to the kinetics of observed photoluminescence decay in the whole time range measured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219606
- Volume :
- 124
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19601164
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2161213