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Space-charge limited currents in insulators with the Gaussian distribution of traps

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A direct mathematical procedure is presented for obtaining the volt-ampere characteristic in an insulating material having Gaussian energy-distribution of traps, under the condition of space-charge-limited emission into the material. The current-voltage dependence is of the Vn type; the exponent n depends on the temperature and the width of the Gaussian distribution. The current-voltage dependence derived for the Gaussian trap energy distribution is formally identical with the case of exponential distribution of the trap density in energy.

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  1. P. Smejtek

    Present address: Department of Physics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

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  1. Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Czechosl. Acad. Sci., Na Petřinách 1888, Praha 6, Czechoslovakia

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NeŠpůrek, S., Smejtek, P. Space-charge limited currents in insulators with the Gaussian distribution of traps. Czech J Phys 22, 160–175 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01709967

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