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Thermal, mechanical, electrical and thermoelectric properties of Bi–As–Se glasses

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The current study focuses on the impact of As addition on the thermal, mechanical, electrical and thermoelectric properties of ternary \({\text{Bi}}_{0.02} {\text{As}}_{\text{x}}\,{\text{Se}}_{{0.98 - {\text{x}}}}\) (\(0.02 \le x \le 0.08\)) glasses. Different elastic moduli such as the micro-hardness (H), Young’s modulus (Y), bulk modulus (K), Poisson’s ratio (Pr) and shear modulus (S) as well as Debye temperature (TD) for the studied glasses were estimated by using the measured values of the ultrasonic speeds (transfer, vl, and shear, vs) and density (ρ). Moreover, the measured values of the dc electrical conductivity (σdc) and thermoelectric power (Sthermo) were used to estimate the activation energies for the electrical (ΔEdc) and for thermoelectric (ΔEthermo) conductions, respectively. It was found that σdc increases, whereas Sthermo, ΔEdc and ΔEthermo decrease with increasing the As content for the \({\text{Bi}}_{0.02} {\text{As}}_{\text{x}}\,{\text{Se}}_{{0.98 - {\text{x}}}}\) (\(0.02 \le x \le 0.08\)) thin films. In addition, replacement of Se with As atoms results in an increase in the average coordination number (CN), cross-linking density (Cd), cohesive energy (CE), ρ, H, Y, K, S and TD, whereas the molar volume (Vm), Pr and the homopolar Se–Se bonds decreased. Both of Y and K as well as ΔEdc are correlated with the glass transition temperature (Tg).

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The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding this work through General Research Project Under Grant Number (G.R.P-192-40).

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

    A. Dahshan

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

    A. Dahshan

  3. Physics Department, Faculty of Science - Al Faisaliah Campus, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    S. R. Alharbi

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

    K. A. Aly

  5. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Assiut, Egypt

    K. A. Aly & Y. Saddeek

  6. Department of Physics, College of Science in Zulfi, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia

    Y. Saddeek

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Dahshan, A., Alharbi, S.R., Aly, K.A. et al. Thermal, mechanical, electrical and thermoelectric properties of Bi–As–Se glasses. J Therm Anal Calorim 140, 125–131 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08810-8

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