A simplified stationary energy-transport model with temperature-dependent conductivity (Q505210)

The authors goal is to study the existence and uniqueness of classical solutions to the stationary 1-dimensional model of \[ \rho_t+\operatorname{div}j=0 \] \[ -\nabla(\rho\theta)+\rho\nabla\phi=j, \] \[ -\operatorname{div}(k(\rho,\theta)\nabla\theta)=\frac{\rho}{\tau_e}(\theta_L(x)-\theta), \] \[ \lambda^2\Delta\phi=\rho-D(x),\quad x\in\Omega,\quad t>0, \] where the electron density \(\rho\), the electron temperature \(\theta\), the electron current \(j\), and the electric potential \(\phi\) are unknown variables; \(\theta_L(x)\) and \(D(x)\) denote the lattice temperature and the doping profile, respectively; the energy relaxation time \(\tau_e>0\) and the Debye length \(\lambda>0\) are the scaled physical paremeters. The authors study the model with the physical conductivity \(k(\rho,\theta)=\rho\theta\) and the following boundary value problem: \[ j_x=0 \] \[ -(\rho\theta)_x+\rho\phi_x=j, \] \[ -(\rho\theta\theta_x)_x=\rho(\theta_L(x)-\theta), \] \[ \phi_{xx}=\rho-D(x), \;\;\; x\in\Omega \] \[ \rho(0)_l>0,\quad \rho(1)=\rho_r>0 \] \[ \theta(0)=\theta_l>0,\quad\theta(1)=\theta_r>0, \] \[ \phi(0)=0,\quad\phi(1)=\phi_r>0 \] where the authors assume that \[ \theta_L(x), D(x)\in C^0(\bar{\Omega}); \] \[ 0<\theta_m \leq \theta_L(x)\leq \theta_M,\;\;0<D_m\leq D(x)\leq D_M, \] with \(\theta_m\), \(\theta_M\), \(D_m\), \(D_M\) being constants.