Comment on "Transport properties of Tl5Te3 single crystals" [phys. stat. sol. (a) 191, No. 1, 322-329 (2002)]

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Cankurtaran M., Celik H.

PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, cilt.204, sa.3, ss.814-815, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 204 Sayı: 3
• Basım Tarihi: 2007
• Doi Numarası: 10.1002/pssa.200622449
• Dergi Adı: PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.814-815
• Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Recently, Gamal et al. [phys. stat. sol. (a) 191, 322 (2002)] reported the results of electrical conductivity, Hall effect and thermoelectric power (TEP) measurements on Tl5Te3 single crystals. The samples used in the study were p-type semiconductors. From the experimental data for the temperature dependence of TEP, Gamal et al. determined the values of 1.6 x 10(-41) kg and 1.5 x 10(-40) kg, respectively, for the effective masses of electrons and holes in p-type Tl5Te3, which are about ten orders of magnitude smaller than the free electron mass, 9.11 x 10(-31) kg. We argue that the anomalously small values obtained for the effective mass of charge carriers in Tl5Te3 have no physical significance. (c) 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.