GENERATION, TRANSPORT AND PHOTOEMISSION PROCESSES IN MOLECULAR CRYSTALS.

Abstract

Transient photocurrent measurements are employed to study carrier generation and transport processes in iodine and sulphur. The spectral quantum yield for photogeneration of holes in iodine exhibits two peaks: one at 0.45 microns and amounting to 7 percent, the other at about 0.3 microns and amounting to 17 percent. A detailed study of the effect of doping and crystal-growth conditions on transport in sulphur reveals that the hole drift mobility can be controlled over wide limits whereas the electron drift mobility is insensitive to variations in growth conditions and doping. Photoemission of holes and electrons from a metal contact into anthracene has been observed and studied. Useful criteria for distinguishing between such photoemission and spurious effects originating from bulk and surface photoconductivity have been obtained. In the case of holes, the measurement provides a direct means of determining the spectral distribution of the absolute quantum yield of the photoemission process. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0822571

Entities

People

  • A. Many
  • I. Teucher
  • J. Levinson

Organizations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aromatic Polycyclic Hydrocarbons
  • Charged Particles
  • Crystal Growth
  • Crystals
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Fermions
  • Measurement
  • Metal Contacts
  • Mobility
  • Photoelectric Emission
  • Quantum Yields
  • Spurious Effects
  • Transport Ships

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing