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Electrical Conductivity Studies in Polycrystalline (CuSe)1-xSex

Zainal Abidin Talib, Josephine Liew Ying Chyi Zulkarnain Zainal, W. Mahmood Mat Yunus, Lim Kean Pah, Wan M Daud Wan Yusoff and Mohd Maarof HA Moksin

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2009

Keywords: Electrical conductivity, (CuSe) 1-xSex metal chalcogenide semi-conductor, stoichiometric, parallel plate techniques, solid state reaction

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This studies are directed towards measuring the electrical conductivity of the (CuSe)1-xSex metal chalcogenide semi-conductor composites, with different stoichiometric compositions of Se (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.8,1.0) in bulk form. The electrical conductivity measurement was carried out at room temperature, using the parallel plate technique. The (CuSe) 1-xSex composites were prepared using solid state reaction, by varying the ratio of CuSe:Se, in the reaction mixture. The electrical conductivity of (CuSe) 1-xSex was determined to be in the range of 1.17 x 10-8 to 1.02 x 10-1 S/cm. The finding indicated that the electrical conductivity value tended to decrease as the concentration of Se increased. The effect of the concentration of Se, on electrical conductivity of (CuSe) 1-xSex composites, is discussed in this paper.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

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JST-0073-2008

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