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Study of Metal-Induced Effects of Cd, Sb and Zn on d.c./a.c. Conduction and Photoconduction in Binary Se70Te30 Glass

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This paper reports the temperature dependence of d.c. and a.c. conductivity in the glassy alloys of Se70Te30 and Se70Te28M2 (M = Cd, Sb, Zn). The role of the Cd, Sb, Zn elements as foreign atoms has been examined on the d.c./a.c. conduction and photoconduction in binary Se70Te30 glass. These multi-component chalcogenide glasses have been prepared by conventional, cost-effective and well-known melt-quench technique. Thermally activated a.c. conduction shows the presence of the compensation effect that is confirmed by the Meyer–Neldel relation between the associated activation energy and the pre-factor of a.c. conductivity. The metal-induced effects of Cd, Sb, Zn on the photosensitivity of parent glass are also discussed.

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The author (A. Dahshan) gratefully thanks the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for financial support through research groups program under grant number (R.G.P.2/34/40). NM wishes to acknowledge the financial assistance received under University with Potential for Excellence (UPE) Programme of UGC, New Delhi, India (Scheme No. 4204).

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communications, Institute of Engineering and Technology, GLA University, Mathura, India

    Shobhit Saraswat & V. K. Tomar

  2. Department of Physics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

    N. Mehta

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    A. Dahshan

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt

    A. Dahshan

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Saraswat, S., Tomar, V.K., Mehta, N. et al. Study of Metal-Induced Effects of Cd, Sb and Zn on d.c./a.c. Conduction and Photoconduction in Binary Se70Te30 Glass. J. Electron. Mater. 49, 861–868 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-019-07739-w

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