Room-temperature electroluminescence from electron-hole plasmas in the metal-oxide-silicon tunneling diodes

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作者
Liu, CW [1 ]
Lee, MH [1 ]
Chen, MJ [1 ]
Lin, IC [1 ]
Lin, CF [1 ]
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[1] Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Taipei 10764, Taiwan
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10.1063/1.126081
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O59 [应用物理学];
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An electron-hole plasma recombination model is used to fit the room-temperature electroluminescence from metal-oxide-silicon tunneling diodes. The relatively narrow line shape in the emission spectra can be understood by the quasi-Fermi level positions of electrons and holes, which both lie in the band gap. This model also gives a narrower band gap than that of bulk silicon. The surface band bending in the Si/oxide interface is responsible for this energy gap reduction. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)04512-5].
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