Abstract
Various electrical conduction routes and transport mechanisms have been proposed previously to explain the electrical properties of luminescent porous silicon (LPSi). A review of the available data seems to indicate that there are more independent types of data that suggest the scenario of inter-crystallite tunneling under Coulomb blockade conditions, than types of data that suggest other route-mechanism scenarios. However, all the corresponding interpretations were based on data that were of a qualitative-suggestive nature. In this communication we present quantitative evidence for the above-mentioned scenario, thus establishing it as the most likely model to account for the electrical properties of LPSi.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 113-116 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research |
| Volume | 197 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - May 2003 |
| Event | 3rd International Conference Porous Semiconductors - Science and Technology - Puerto de la Cruz, Spain Duration: 10 Mar 2002 → 15 Mar 2002 |