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The thermal conductivity of thallium-doped PbTe single crystals has been measured in the temperature range 80–310 K, and the electronic and lattice (χph) components of their thermal conductivity have been evaluated. The results indicate that thallium doping markedly reduces the lattice thermal conductivity of PbTe single crystals, by up to ∼29%. Heat treatment at ∼473 K reduces the density of structural defects in the crystals and increases their χph. Thallium doping has a significant effect on χph starting at 0.05 at % before annealing and starting at 0.01 at % after annealing. We have calculated the density of structural defects in the unannealed samples and the doping-induced thermal resistance Δ W of the unannealed and annealed samples. ΔW has been shown to increase with thallium content.
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Original Russian Text © G.A. Akhmedova, D.Sh. Abdinov, 2009, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 8, pp. 921–925.
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Akhmedova, G.A., Abdinov, D.S. Effect of thallium doping on the thermal conductivity of PbTe single crystals. Inorg Mater 45, 854–858 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168509080056
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