Electron Transport in Zincblende Semimetals

✍ Scribed by D. L. Rode; J. D. Wiley

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 524 KB
• Volume: 56
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0370-1972
• DOI: 10.1002/pssb.2220560234

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Iterated solutions of the Boltzmann equation with Fermi statistics are presented for the zero‐gap semimetals α‐Sn, HgSe, and HgTe. Electron scattering operators in the first Born approximation arc derived for the T~8c~ conduction band including piezoelectric and deformation potential scattering by acoustic phonons, polar optical mode Scattering, and Coulomb scattering. It is found that quantum corrections are, in many cases, comparable to RPA corrections but opposite in algebraic sign so that the overall corrections to the classical calculations are much smaller than previously indicated.