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Effect of a magnetic field on the I – V characteristics of a germanium-electrolyte interface

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A study has been made of the effect of the magnetic field on the I–V dependences (the so-called polarization curves) of an (n-Ge)-electrolyte interface and on the Ge electrode potential during anodic polarization. It is shown that the magnetic field shifts the saturation current toward lower currents and sharply increases the Ge surface potential in the current region. This is due to the effect of the magnetic field on the polarization current in the sample, which is governed by the diffusive flux of minority carriers. The shift of the breakdown region toward higher potentials in a magnetic field is evidence of impact-ionization multiplication of minority current carriers in the field of the Ge surface barrier.

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  1. A. A. Zhdanov Leningrad State University, USSR

    P. P. Konorov, V. N. Shvetsov & S. V. Shchegolikhina

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, Vol.12, No. 3, pp. 99–103, March, 1969.

The authors thank A. A. Lebedev for interest in the study and comments.

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Konorov, P.P., Shvetsov, V.N. & Shchegolikhina, S.V. Effect of a magnetic field on the I – V characteristics of a germanium-electrolyte interface. Soviet Physics Journal 12, 348–351 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00821243

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