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A general review of the structure and of the electrical conductivity of liquid semiconductors is given with special reference to the liquid tellurides. It is shown that the 3-fold coordinated structure of liquid Te is modified by the presence of electropositive elements like Mn, Ni, Cu or Tl and that the electrical conductivity of the liquid alloy depends crucially on the nature of the cation. It is further shown, by analogy with results from molten salts that although these alloys are characterised by charge transfer, a simple ionic picture is not appropriate for liquid tellurides of the form MTe where M is a divalent transition metal.
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Enderby, J.E. (1984). Molten Salts and Liquid Semiconductors: Structure and Electrical Properties. In: Acrivos, J.V., Mott, N.F., Yoffe, A.D. (eds) Physics and Chemistry of Electrons and Ions in Condensed Matter. NATO ASI Series, vol 130. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6440-2_21
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