Scharfetter-Gummel scheme

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finite volume disretization scheme for solving the van Roosbroeck system describing the semi-classical transport of free electrons and holes, named after Don Scharfetter, Hermann Gummel

Description

The Scharfetter-Gummel finite volume disretization scheme is the standard numerical method for solving the drift diffusion (aka van Roosbroeck) system describing the semi-classical transport of free electrons and holes in a self-consistent electric field using a drift-diffusion approximation.

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Poisson equation for the electric potential (finite volume)	$-{ϵ}_s(\frac{{\psi }_{k+1}-{\psi }_k}{h_{k,k+1}}-\frac{{\psi }_k-{\psi }_{k-1}}{h_{k-1,k}})=q(C_k+p({\psi }_k,{\varphi }_{p;k})-n({\psi }_k,{\varphi }_{n;k}))|{\omega }_k|$
	${ϵ}_s$ represents permittivity
	${\omega }_k$ represents control volume
	$\psi$ represents electric potential
continuity equation for electrons (finite volume)	$j_{n;k,k+1}-j_{n;k-1,k}=qR({\psi }_k,{\varphi }_{n;k},{\varphi }_{p;k})|{\omega }_k|$
	${\omega }_k$ represents control volume
continuity equation for holes (finite volume)	$j_{p;k,k+1}-j_{p;k-1,k}=-qR({\psi }_k,{\varphi }_{n;k},{\varphi }_{p;k})|{\omega }_k|$
	${\omega }_k$ represents control volume

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