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By using the simplest dielectric permittivity models, relationships are obtained on the basis of a dielectric formalism, by which the electron work function and electronic affinity of polycrystalline materials—metals, intrinsic semiconductors, and dielectrics—can be estimated. The electron work function and affinity are computed for 25 semiconductors for which there are no experimental data or there are single values.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 67–71, December, 1985.
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Nevolin, V.K., Osadkin, V.A. & Shermergor, T.D. Electron work function and electronic affinity of intrinsic semiconductors. Soviet Physics Journal 28, 1008–1011 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00899095
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00899095