Abstract
Lithium has been shown to migrate as a singly-charged positive ion in single crystals of both Ge and Si in temperature ranges of 150-600°C and 360-860°C, respectively. The mobility of the in crystalline Ge and Si has been measured as a function of temperature. Through the use of the Einstein relation between diffusion constant and mobility, values of the diffusion constants in /sec of in Ge and Si are obtained as follows: for Ge and for Si, in satisfactory agreement with previously published results on the thermal diffusion of . A curious reversion of conductivity type of solid solutions of Li in Ge is discussed. Copper has likewise been found to move as a positive ion in germanium in the temperature range 800°-900°C leading to diffusivities in agreement with previously published results.
- Received 14 May 1954
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.96.21
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