Low-temperature electrical conductivity of ternary chalcogenide glasses in the system SeS
Ternary chalcogenide glasses in the system SeS were prepared by quenching from the melt. Measurements of the temperature dependence of direct current (dc) electrical conductivity have been made in the temperature interval from room temperature down to 30 K. Two types of conduction mechanisms were found to dominate in the measured temperature range, namely band conduction through extended states (which dominates at the high-temperature region) and hopping around the Fermi level (which dominates at the low-temperature region). The dc conductivity activation energy and pre-exponential factor were calculated for the two types of conduction. It was found that the activation energy and the pre-exponential factor are composition dependent. PACS Nos.: 72.20-i, 73.61.Jc, and 81.05.Gc