Non-isothermal Scharfetter–Gummel Scheme for Electro-Thermal Transport Simulation in Degenerate Semiconductors

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-43651-3_14zbMATH Open1471.65175arXiv2002.10133OpenAlexW3007834591MaRDI QIDQ5117435FDOQ5117435

Markus Kantner, Thomas Koprucki

Publication date: 25 August 2020

Published in: Finite Volumes for Complex Applications IX - Methods, Theoretical Aspects, Examples (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Electro-thermal transport phenomena in semiconductors are described by the non-isothermal drift-diffusion system. The equations take a remarkably simple form when assuming the Kelvin formula for the thermopower. We present a novel, non-isothermal generalization of the Scharfetter-Gummel finite volume discretization for degenerate semiconductors obeying Fermi-Dirac statistics, which preserves numerous structural properties of the continuous model on the discrete level. The approach is demonstrated by 2D simulations of a heterojunction bipolar transistor.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.10133

zbMATH Keywords

Scharfetter-Gummel schemeFermi-Dirac statisticsself-heatingSeebeck effectelectro-thermal transportnon-isothermal drift-diffusion system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Heat equation (35K05) Heat kernel (35K08) PDEs in connection with statistical mechanics (35Q82) Finite volume methods applied to problems in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80M12) PDEs in connection with classical thermodynamics and heat transfer (35Q79) Finite volume methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N08) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82B35) Statistical mechanics of semiconductors (82D37) Fermionic systems in quantum theory (81V74)

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