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Photoconductivity of activated carbon fibers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

K. Kuriyama  and
M.S. Dresselhaus
K. Kuriyama
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
M.S. Dresselhaus
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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The conductivity and photoconductivity are measured on a high-surface-area disordered carbon material, i.e., activated carbon fibers, to investigate their electronic properties. This material is a highly disordered carbon derived from a phenolic precursor, having a huge specific surface area of 1000–2000 m2/g. Our preliminary thermopower measurements show that the dominant carriers are holes at room temperature. The x-ray diffraction pattern reveals that the microstructure is amorphous-like with Lc ≃ 10 Å. The intrinsic electrical conductivity, on the order of 20 S/cm at room temperature, increases by a factor of several with increasing temperature in the range 30–290 K. In contrast, the photoconductivity in vacuum decreases with increasing temperature. The magnitude of the photoconductive signal was reduced by a factor of ten when the sample was exposed to air. The recombination kinetics changes from a monomolecular process at room temperature to a bimolecular process at low temperatures, indicative of an increase in the photocarrier density at low temperatures. The high density of localized states, which limits the motion of carriers and results in a slow recombination process, is responsible for the observed photoconductivity.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 6 , Issue 5 , May 1991 , pp. 1040 - 1047
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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