Transport phenomena in mixed layered tetradymite-like compounds in the GeTe-Bi{sub 2}Te{sub 3} system
- Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation). A.F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Inst.
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation). A.A. Baikov Inst. of Metallurgy
- California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, CA (United States). Jet Propulsion Lab.
The electrical transport properties of the GeBi{sub 2}Te{sub 4}-, Ge{sub 3}Bi{sub 2}Te{sub 6}-, and GeBi{sub 4}Te{sub 7}-layered compounds were characterized as a function of temperature and for samples with various stoichiometric deviations. The Hall Coefficient and electrical resistivity were measured from 77 to 800 K, and the Seebeck coefficient was determined in the 90--450 K temperature range. The onset of intrinsic conductivity behavior was observed in these ternary compounds at fairly low temperatures. On the basis of the variation of the electrical conductivity at elevated temperatures, energy gap values of 0.24, 0.20, and 0.22 eV were calculated at 0 K for the Ge{sub 3}Bi{sub 2}Te{sub 6}, GeBi{sub 2}Te{sub 4}, and GeBi{sub 4}Te{sub 7} compounds, respectively. To explain the carrier mobility temperature dependence, a mixed carrier scattering mechanism on acoustic phonons and point defects is proposed at low temperatures. It is found that the contribution of scattering by acoustic phonons increased with temperature. The analysis of experimental data for the GeBi{sub 4}Te{sub 7} compound in the 150--200 K temperature range demonstrated the need for an additional carrier scattering mechanism, probably connected to the order-disorder phenomena in the cation layers. An anomalous temperature dependence of the Hall coefficient was discovered for the stoichiometric GeBi{sub 2}Te{sub 4} compound. It is explained by mixed carrier conduction effects due to fluctuations of the composition and the existence of p- and n-type conductivity domains in the GeBi{sub 2}Te{sub 4} crystal.
- OSTI ID:
- 696665
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 146, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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