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Effect of phonon scattering from neutral and charged impurity centers on the lattice heat conductivity of PbTe:(Tl, Na)

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Experimental data on the effect of thallium and sodium impurities on the lattice heat conductivity of PbTe at room temperature are reported. Because the lattice of lead chalcogenides is strongly polarized near charged impurities, the effect of impurities on the lattice heat conductivity depends substantially on their charge state. This property of the material has been used to determine the charge state of the thallium impurity in PbTe. The results obtained argue for a model of quasi-local thallium-impurity states which assumes low electron-correlation energy at an impurity center.

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  1. St. Petersburg State Technical University, 195251, St. Petersburg, Russia

    M. K. Zhitinskaya, S. A. Nemov & Yu. I. Ravich

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Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 1206–1208 (July 1998)

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Zhitinskaya, M.K., Nemov, S.A. & Ravich, Y.I. Effect of phonon scattering from neutral and charged impurity centers on the lattice heat conductivity of PbTe:(Tl, Na). Phys. Solid State 40, 1098–1100 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1130496

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