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Paper
Dc conductivity and the Meyer-Neldel rule in a-Si:H
Abstract
Disorder in amorphous semiconductors results in unusual properties of dc conductivity. We demonstrate a quantitative description of the temperature dependence of conductivity in a-Si. The universal activation energy dependence of the conductivity prefactor (the Meyer-Neldel rule) is reproduced. Excellent agreement with experimental results is obtained by describing disorder and defects using the general thermodynamic ensemble theory for the structure of disordered systems. © 1988 The American Physical Society.