Current charge carrier

While at high frequencies (>10 Hz) the charge carriers are driven by the external electric field over atomic length scales, in the low limit (co O) that corresponds to d.c. current, charge carriers travel on some percolation paths from one side of the sample to the other, over macroscopic dimensions [139]. 

In an HBT the charge carriers from an emitter layer are transported across a thin base layer and coUected by a third layer called the coUector. A small base current is present which iacludes the carriers that did not successfully cross the base layer from the emitter to the coUector. The FET is a unipolar device making use of a single charge carrier in each device, either electrons or holes. The HBT is a bipolar device, using both electrons and holes in each device. The emitter and coUector layers are doped the same polarity n- or -type), with the base being the opposite polarity (p- or n-ty- e). An HBT with a n-ty e emitter is referred to as a n—p—n device ap—n—p device has a -type emitter. The n—p—n transistors are typicaUy faster and have been the focus of more research. For the sake of simplicity, the foUowing discussion wiU focus on n—p—n transistors. 

Chemical and biological sensors (qv) are important appHcations of LB films. In field-effect devices, the tunneling current is a function of the dielectric constant of the organic film (85—90). For example, NO2, an electron acceptor, has been detected by a phthalocyanine (or a porphyrin) LB film. The mechanism of the reaction is a partial oxidation that introduces charge carriers into the film, thus changing its band gap and as a result, its dc-conductivity. Field-effect devices are very sensitive, but not selective. 

The amorphous orientation is considered a very important parameter of the microstructure of the fiber. It has a quantitative and qualitative effect on the fiber de-formability when mechanical forces are involved. It significantly influences the fatigue strength and sorptive properties (water, dyes), as well as transport phenomena inside the fiber (migration of electric charge carriers, diffusion of liquid). The importance of the amorphous phase makes its quantification essential. Indirect and direct methods currently are used for the quantitative assessment of the amorphous phase. 

By the integrating the current over the time for each peak we determine the number of charge carriers which equals the number of traps N, (under the condition that all traps were occupied at the starting temperature) ... 

The kinetic energy of charge earners in a solid increases with increasing temperature and therefore the probability that a charge carrier passes a given potential barrier also increases. The thermally induced current flow of the charge earners from a metal contact into a polymer film can be derived from the Richardson equation, which describes the temperature-induced emission of hot charge carriers from a metal surface... 

Two main methods have been used to measure the charge carrier mobility in electroluminescent polymers time of flight (TOF) carrier transit time measurements and analysis of the current-voltage (1-V) characteristics of single carrier devices in the space charge-limited current (SCLC) regime. A summary of the results for the hole mobility of PPV and PPV-related polymers is given in Table 11-1 [24, 27-32]. For... 

Blom et al. [85] stated that the l/V characteristics in LEDs based on ITO/di-alkoxy-PPVs/Ca are determined by the bulk conductivity and not by the charge carrier injection, which is attributed to the low barrier heights at the interface ITO/PPV and PPV/Ca. They observed that the current flow in so called hole-only devices [80], where the work function of electrodes are close to the valence band of the polymer, with 1TO and Au as the electrodes, depends quadratically on the voltage in a logl/logV plot and can be described with following equation, which is characteristic for a space-charge-limitcd current (SCL) flow (s. Fig. 9-26) ... 

Another way of obtaining information on the time-averaged mobility of charge carriers on their way across a sample of arbitrary thickness is, to simultaneously measure the current and the stationary charge earners density via transient absorption and to infer the mobility from j-rnpF. Such experiments have been performed on blends of conjugated oligomers derived from /m-siilbene amine and a... 

The exchange of charge carriers in the molecular sphere at the zinc/electrolyte solution phase boundary corresponds to equal anodic and cathodic currents. These compensate each other in the case of equilibrium. 

When E = Eeq, no net current is flowing. This situation, however, is dynamic, with continuous movement of charge carriers in both directions, and equal opposing anodic and cathodic current components. The absolute magnitude of these compo-... 

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