ANOMALOUS TRANSIT-TIME DISPERSION IN AMORPHOUS SOLIDS
ANOMALOUS TRANSIT-TIME DISPERSION IN AMORPHOUS SOLIDS
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.12.2455
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
MONTROLL, EW
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作者:
SCHER, H;MONTROLL, EW
Measurements of the transient photocurrent I (t) in an increasing number of inorganic and organic amorphous materials display anomalous transport properties. The long tail of I (t) indicates a dispersion of carrier transit times. However, the shape invariance of I (t) to electric field and sample thickness (designated as universality for the classes of materials here considered) is incompatible with traditional concepts of statistical spreading, ie, a Gaussian carrier packet. We have developed a stochastic transport model for I (t) which describes the dynamics of a carrier packet executing a time-dependent random walk in the presence of a field-dependent spatial bias and an absorbing barrier at the sample surface. The time dependence of the random walk is governed by hopping time distribution Ψ (t). A packet, generated with a Ψ (t) characteristic of hopping in a disordered system [eg, Ψ (t)∼ t−(1+ α), 0< α< 1], is shown to propagate with a number of anomalous non-Gaussian properties. The calculated I (t) associated with this packet not only obeys the property of universality but can account quantitatively for a large variety of experiments. The new method of data analysis advanced by the theory allows one to directly extract the transit time even for a featureless current trace. In particular, we shall analyze both an inorganic (a− As 2 Se 3) and an organic (trinitrofluorenone-polyvinylcarbazole) system. Our function Ψ (t) is related to a first-principles calculation. It is to be emphasized that these Ψ (t)'s characterize a realization of a non-Markoffian transport process. Moreover, the theory shows the limitations of the concept of a mobility in this dispersive type of transport.