Monte Carlo Calculation of the Transient Photocurrent in Low-Carrier-Mobility Materials

Abstract

A Monte Carlo method is used to calculate the shape of the transient photocurrent under flash excitation. It is shown that some of the anomalous features of the experimental data can be explained by including surface as well as bulk trapping in the model. In particular, this simple picture predicts the observed long tail of the pulse as well as the apparent field dependence of the mobility.