Electrical field dependence of hopping conduction in self-organized carbon networks
Electrical field dependence of hopping conduction in self-organized carbon networks
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DOI:
10.1063/1.1421238
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发表时间:
2002-01-15
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Parisi, J
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作者:
Govor, LV;Bashmakov, IA;Parisi, J
The influence of the electrical field on the variable range hopping process of porous carbon networks is examined in the range of validity of the law ln sigma (T)proportional toT(-1/2), where sigma and T mean electrical conductivity and temperature, respectively. We show that the field dependence of the samples investigated in the vicinity of the metal-insulator transition clearly distinguishes four characteristic regions. At low values of the applied electrical field, we have ohmic conductivity. Upon increasing the electrical field E, the electrical conductivity sigma rises, first following the law ln sigma (E)proportional toE(n), where n changes from 1.4 to 2.6 with increasing distance from the metal-insulator transition on the insulating side. Then, at higher electrical field, the conductivity turns to the relation ln sigma (E)proportional toE(1.0). The temperature dependence of the hopping length of the charge carriers, determined within the above field regime, develops as l(T)proportional toT(-0.9). At temperatures where the ohmic behavior in the Coulomb gap occurs and obeys the law ln sigma (T)proportional toT(-1/2), the electrical conductivity caused by thermally nonactivated charge carriers at high fields complies with ln sigma (E)proportional toE(-1/3). The current density j changes as ln j(E)proportional toE(-1/6). The temperature dependence of the threshold electrical field, which characterizes the transition from the low-field to the high-field range, follows E(th)proportional toT(1.5). (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.