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Some Physical Properties of Hf-doped Sb2Te3 Single Crystals

Authors: Plecháček Tomáš | Navrátil Jiří | Hájek Pavel | Krejčová Anna | Lošťák Petr

Year: 2003

Type of publication: ostatní - přednáška nebo poster

Name of source: Book Of Abstracts

Publisher name: International Thermoelectric Society

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Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
cze	Some physical properties of Hf-doped Sb2Te3 single crystals		reflectance;tetradymite structure;
eng	Some Physical Properties of Hf-doped Sb2Te3 Single Crystals	Single crystals of Hf-doped Sb2Te3 were prepared by a modified Bridgman method. The obtained crystals were characterized by the measurements of the reflectance R in the plasma resonance frequency region. Values of the plasma resonance frequency, wp, were determined by fitting the reflectance spectra using the relations for the real and imaginary parts of the complex dielectric function, following from the Drude-Zener theory. From the observed changes in the value wp it was concluded that the doping of Hf atoms into the crystal structure of Sb2Te3 results in a decrease in the concentration of free current carriers - holes. This conclusion was confirmed by the measurement of temperature dependencies of the Hall coefficient RH, electrical conductivity s, and the Seebeck coefficient a, within the temperature range of 100-400K. Moreover, temperature dependences of the power factor and mobility of free carriers are discussed.

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