On the definition of energy dependent mobility and diffusivity
- 14 November 1972
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 5 (22), 3164-3167
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/5/22/006
Abstract
The energy dependent mobility used in recent discussions of electron transport in amorphous materials is more closely related to diffusivity than mobility. It is therefore suggested that it be discarded in favour of an energy dependent diffusivity.Keywords
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