The semiconductor-metal transition of liquid arsenic-selenium mixtures at high temperatures and high pressures

Hideoki Hoshino*, Takafumi Miyanaga, Hiroyuki Ikemoto, Shinya Hosokawa, Hirohisa Endo

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Abstract

The electrical conductivity σ and thermoelectric power S of liquid As-Se mixtures (up to 40 at.% As) have been measured at high temperatures (up to 1500°C) and high pressures (up to 1200 bar). For these mixtures, broad maxima appear in both the (∂ In σ/∂P)T versus T and the (-∂In S/∂P)T versus T curves. The maximum temperature Tmax at which these maxima occur decreases monotonically up to 30 at.% As. Around Tmax the semiconductor-metal transition occurs, which is enhanced by applying pressure. It was found that Tmax increases as the As concentration changes from 30 to 40 at.% As. The results of EXAFS suggest a substantial change in the local atomic configuration around As atoms for 30 at.% As.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)43-47
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume205-207
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Materials Chemistry

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