The temperature dependence of conductivity in discontinuous thin films and cermets
- 28 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 10 (2) , 249-266
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/10/2/010
Abstract
The influence of the dielectric environment on tunnel conduction in discontinuous metal films and cermets is evaluated in detail. It is shown as a result that earlier theoretical estimations of the activation energy for conduction are seriously in error: the new estimates are several times the experimental values. In order to obtain better quantitative agreement with experiment, account is taken of the spread in particle size and separation with a specimen.Keywords
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