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We have studied the effect of annealing on the electrical conductivity σ and thermoelectric power α of SnTe crystals. The results indicate that the temperature dependences of σ and α for both the unannealed and annealed SnTe crystals, as well as the effect of annealing on these parameters, are adequately accounted for in terms of a model that considers two valence bands separated by an energy gap.
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Original Russian Text © G.Z. Bagieva, G.D. Abdinova, N.B. Mustafaev, D.Sh. Abdinov, 2017, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 351–353.
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Bagieva, G.Z., Abdinova, G.D., Mustafaev, N.B. et al. Effect of annealing on the electrical properties of SnTe crystals. Inorg Mater 53, 358–360 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002016851704001X
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