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Electron Thermodynamic Nonequilibrium in p–n Junctions

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The concepts of the recently proposed “generalized field theory” — a theory which attempts to differentiate completely between active and passive transport processes—are applied to forward conduction in p–n junctions. The predictions of the theory agree very closely with the results of experiments.

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  • 01 October 1967

    In the communication "Electron Thermo-dynamic Nonequilibrium in p-n Junctions", by M. A. Melehy (Nature, 215, 1251; 1967), equation (7) should read a = (///*), pe = (1 + a) pn. The title of the second column of Table 1 should be pn (cm3).

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MELEHY, M. Electron Thermodynamic Nonequilibrium in p–n Junctions. Nature 215, 1251–1253 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151251a0

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