semiconductor charge neutrality

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MaRDI QIDQ6534341

concept of local charge neutrality in semiconductor

Description

The physical concept of local charge neutrality in semiconductor is characterized by the absence of space charge regions. Hence, the Poisson equation for the electric field potential simplifies to the Laplace equation.

List of contained entities

Dirichlet boundary condition for electric potential	$\varphi (r,t){|}_{{\Gamma }_k}={\psi }_0+U_k(t)$
	$U_k$ represents applied external voltage
	${\Gamma }_k$ represents electrode interfaces
	$\varphi$ represents electric potential
	$t$ represents time
Laplace equation for the electric potential	$-\mathrm{\nabla }\left({ϵ}_s\mathrm{\nabla }\varphi \right)=0$
	${ϵ}_s$ represents permittivity
	$\varphi$ represents electric potential
Neumann boundary condition for electric potential	${n\cdot \mathrm{\nabla }\varphi (r,t)|}_{{\Gamma }_N}=0$
	${\Gamma }_N$ represents electrode interfaces
	$\varphi$ represents electric potential
	$t$ represents time
	$n$ represents unit normal vector
applied external voltage
electric potential
electrode interfaces
periodic boundary condition for electric potential	$\varphi (r,t)=\varphi (r+L,t)$
	$L$ represents length of unit cell
	$\varphi$ represents electric potential
	$t$ represents time
permittivity
permittivity of vacuum

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