Abstract
In the proposed model of mobility, the time of electron–ion interaction equals the time taken by the conduction electron to pass a spherical region, corresponding to one impurity ion in crystal, and the minimum scattering angle is determined after Conwell–Weisskopf. We consider the acts of electron scattering on ions as independent and incompatible events. It is shown in the approximation of quasimomentum relaxation time, that for nondegenerate semiconductors, the mobility μi, limited by the elastic scattering by impurity ions with the concentration Ni, is proportional to T/Ni2/3; the Hall factor equals 1.4. The calculated dependences of the mobility of the majority charge carriers upon their concentration for different temperatures T agree well with known experimental data. It is shown, that the Brooks–Herring formula μBH∝T3/2/Ni gives overestimated values of mobility. Comparison of the calculations of mobility in degenerate semiconductors with experimental data also yields μi<μBH.
Highlights
The concentration of ionized impurities in crystal is usually evaluated from the comparison of experimental charge carrier mobility i, limited by the elastic scattering by ions, with the calculated BH by the Brooks–HerringBHformulasee, for example, Refs. 1– 6͒
In the proposed model of mobility, the time of electron–ion interaction equals the time taken by the conduction electron to pass a spherical region, corresponding to one impurity ion in crystal, and the minimum scattering angle is determined after Conwell–Weisskopf
We consider the acts of electron scattering on ions as independent and incompatible events. It is shown in the approximation of quasimomentum relaxation time, that for nondegenerate semiconductors, the mobility i, limited by the elastic scattering by impurity ions with the concentration
Summary
A semiclassical approach to Coulomb scattering of conduction electrons on ionized impurities in nondegenerate semiconductors. In the proposed model of mobility, the time of electron–ion interaction equals the time taken by the conduction electron to pass a spherical region, corresponding to one impurity ion in crystal, and the minimum scattering angle is determined after Conwell–Weisskopf. We consider the acts of electron scattering on ions as independent and incompatible events. It is shown in the approximation of quasimomentum relaxation time, that for nondegenerate semiconductors, the mobility i , limited by the elastic scattering by impurity ions with the concentration
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