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Electric and thermoelectric properties of (SbSn)xSe100−x chalcogenide glasses

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The electric conductivity and thermoelectric power for different compositions of the chalcogenide glasses (SbSn)xSe100−x (x = 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 at.%) were measured experimentally. The dc conductivity is found to have an Arrhenius behavior in the temperature range (300–450) K with typical activation energies decreasing from 0.87 to 0.74 eV with the SbSn content. The concentrations of charge carriers, as well as their mobility and characteristic relaxation time were deduced in the same temperature range and compositions. The variations of activation energy calculated from measured electric conductivity versus SbSn content are compared to the behavior of calculated half band gap. From the measured Seebeck coefficient, we deduced its specific activation energy and found that it is lower than that related to electric conductivity. This difference is assumed to be the activation energy needed for polaron hopping. The increase in cross-linking with SbSn content is proposed as an explanation for the increase in polaron-hopping activation energy.

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The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding this work through Research Groups Program under grant number (R.G. P.2/81/41).

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

    R. Neffati & A. Dahshan

  2. Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Campus universitaire, 1060, Tunis, Tunisia

    R. Neffati

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Arts, Jeddah University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    K. Aly

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, 71524, Egypt

    K. Aly

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

    A. Dahshan

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Neffati, R., Aly, K. & Dahshan, A. Electric and thermoelectric properties of (SbSn)xSe100−x chalcogenide glasses. Appl. Phys. A 127, 639 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-021-04777-2

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