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Space charge memory effect in a-Si:H at low temperatures

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OSTI ID:20085491

Space charges build up near one or both electrodes of a photoconductor unless the thermoionic current balances the photocurrent. Space charges built up also when a voltage U is applied at low T to a semiconductor containing a nonequilibrium distribution of carriers. The presence of a space charge is observed as a relaxation-current transient when the sample is illuminated at zero bias. If one type of carrier is immobile the steady state photocurrent becomes zero.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Chicago, IL (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation
OSTI ID:
20085491
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English