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The drift-diffusion current relations can, amongst
others, be derived from the Boltzmann transport
equation by the method of moments [33] or
from basic principles of irreversible thermodynamics [75]. The
electron and hole current densities are given by
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These current relations account for position-dependent
band edge energies, and , and for position-dependent effective masses,
which are included in the effective density of states, and . The
index indicates that and are evaluated at some (arbitrary)
reference temperature, , which is constant in real space
regardless of what the local values of the lattice and carrier temperatures
are.
Vassil Palankovski
2001-02-28