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Advanced Experimental Methods for Low-temperature Magnetotransport Measurement of Novel Materials
Published on: January 21, 2016
Measurement of the electrical resistivity and Hall coefficient at high temperatures
Kasper A Borup1, Eric S Toberer, Leslie D Zoltan
1Center for Materials Crystallography, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark.
Abstract:
The implementation of the van der Pauw (VDP) technique for combined high temperature measurement of the electrical resistivity and Hall coefficient is described. The VDP method is convenient for use since it accepts sample geometries compatible with other measurements. The technique is simple to use and can be used with samples showing a broad range of shapes and physical properties, from near insulators to metals. Three instruments utilizing the VDP method for measurement of heavily doped semiconductors, such as thermoelectrics, are discussed.
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