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These investigations are typically approached by modelling the current\u2013voltage (I\u2013V) curves with the interfacial layer\u2013thermionic-diffusion (ITD) theory, which incorporates the thermionic emission, diffusion and interfacial layer theories into a single theory. The implementation of the ITD model in measured I\u2013V curves is a critical procedure, requiring dedicated simplifications, several best fitting parameters and the identification of the voltage range where each transport mechanism dominates. In this work, we will present a novel method allowing through a simple procedure the estimation of some characteristic parameters of the metal\u2013semiconductor interface in CdZnTe and CdTe detectors. 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