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Dielectric Properties and Electrical Conductivity of (1–x)TlGaSe2 · xTm Crystals

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We have synthesized samples based on the layered compound TlGaSe2 and containing thulium: (1–x)TlGaSe2 · xTm with x = 0.001, 0.005, 0.01, and 0.02. The polycrystalline samples have been used as charges for growing crystals with the corresponding compositions by the Bridgman method. The phase composition of the (1–x)TlGaSe2 · xTm samples has been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. Their dielectric properties have been studied in ac electric fields at frequencies in the range f = 5 × 104 to 3.5 × 107 Hz. We have identified the relaxation character of the dielectric permittivity, the nature of the dielectric loss, and the hopping mechanism of charge transport in the (1–x)TlGaSe2 · xTm crystals. Our results demonstrate that increasing the thulium concentration in the crystals reduces the mean hop distance and time of charge carriers and increases the ac conductivity and the density of localized states near the Fermi level in the crystals.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, pr. Javida 131, Baku, AZ1143, Azerbaijan

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Original Russian Text © S.N. Mustafaeva, S.M. Asadov, E.M. Kerimova, 2018, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 7, pp. 662–667.

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Mustafaeva, S.N., Asadov, S.M. & Kerimova, E.M. Dielectric Properties and Electrical Conductivity of (1–x)TlGaSe2 · xTm Crystals. Inorg Mater 54, 627–631 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168518070099

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