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Non Radiative Processes in Phosphorene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Eric Tea  and
Celine Hin
Eric Tea*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 635 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA
Celine Hin
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 635 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 635 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA
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*(Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

Novel 2D materials with interesting properties have been synthetized and characterized recently. In particular, unlike graphene, silicene or germanene, phosphorene has attracted a lot of attention because of its intrinsic band gap. This property allows for a wide range of applications where semiconductor thin films are traditionally used (e.g. electronics, optoelectronics, thermoelectrics). For each application, the device efficiency depends on how well an electrical current is extracted from the active materials, and depends on a variety of electron scattering processes. Some of these scattering processes can considerably improve or degrade device efficiencies. In this contribution we focus on non-radiative electron-hole pair generation and recombination processes, i.e. impact ionization (charge carrier multiplication) and Auger processes (charge carrier recombination). The rate of these processes is calculated from first principles and their effects on device operation are estimated.

Keywords

electronic structureoptoelectronicelectronic material
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MRS Advances , Volume 1 , Issue 22: Electronics and Photonics , 2016 , pp. 1605 - 1611
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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