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jonas_nilsson
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Hello!
I am looking a bit at the Schottky contacts, metal-semiconductor, and I am starting to get a hang of it, but some things are missing.
Specifically:
Why must the distance from the Fermi Energy to the vacuum level in the metal and the distance from conduction band edge to vacuum level in the semiconductor stay constant at the contact point?
I only have a very condensed description, and the argument is "because these distances are crystal properties". But it would make more sense to me if the distances had to stay constant further into the crystals, where the dynamic between the two materials should be of less importance.
That's it. Appreciate all answers!
/Jonas
I am looking a bit at the Schottky contacts, metal-semiconductor, and I am starting to get a hang of it, but some things are missing.
Specifically:
Why must the distance from the Fermi Energy to the vacuum level in the metal and the distance from conduction band edge to vacuum level in the semiconductor stay constant at the contact point?
I only have a very condensed description, and the argument is "because these distances are crystal properties". But it would make more sense to me if the distances had to stay constant further into the crystals, where the dynamic between the two materials should be of less importance.
That's it. Appreciate all answers!
/Jonas