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    • Keywords

       

      Variable range hopping; mixed conduction; thermionic; Tl4S3Se crystal.

    • Abstract

       

      In this study, a modified model for the application of the thermionic and hopping current conduction mechanisms in the presence of continuous mixed conduction is investigated, discussed, experimented and simulated. It is observed that there exists a contribution from the hopping conductivity to the total conduction even at temperature ranges where the thermionic emission is mainly dominant. The contribution weight of a specific mechanism at particular temperature range is estimated. In addition, a modification to the Mott’s variable range hopping (VRH) transport parameters like density of localized state near the Fermi level, the average hopping range and the hopping energy in the presence of mixed conduction mechanism is also reported. This new approach corrects the evaluated electrical parameters that are necessary for the construction of electronic devices like absorption layers in solar cells. This proposed model is also used to explain the conduction mechanism and investigate the electrical conduction thermionic and Mott’s VRH parameters in Tl4S3Se crystals and in CuAlO2 thin films.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Abdelhalim M Ziqan1 A F Qasrawi1 2 Abdulftah H Mohammad1 N M Gasanly3

      1. Departments of Mathematics and Physics, Arab American University, Jenin 240, Palestine
      2. Group of Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Atilim University, 06836 Ankara, Turkey
      3. Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, 06800 Ankara, Turkey

    • Dates

       
      Published
      June 2015
      Manuscript received
      18 April 2014
      Manuscript revised
      13 August 2014

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