Temperature gradient and transport of heat and charge in a semiconductor structure

Abstract

A detailed analysis of the influence of thermal nonequilibrium on transport in semiconductors was carried out. It is shown that the transport of heat and electricity in bipolar semiconductors are interdependent and self-consistent. In a general case, the distribution of the temperature in homogeneous semiconductors cannot be constant or a linear function with respect to the coordinate even in a linear approximation. The roles of nonequilibrium charge carriers and the recombination in the heat transport are established.