Pressure-induced inversion of the Hall coefficient and the thermal emf in narrow-gap lead-tin-selenium semiconductors
Itskevich E. S., Kashirskaya L. M., Kucherenko I. V., Pankratov O. A., Svistov A. E., Shotov A. P.
The behavior of the Hall coefficient RH, the conductivity σ, the Shubnikov-de Haas effect, and the thermal emf a of the system of solid solutions Pbj _x Snx Se has been studied at T= 4.2 К at pressures up to 30 kbar. The sign of RH and a changes at P> 18 kbar. It is concluded that there is a resonant band with a />~type conductivity and that fluctuations of the bottom of the band have a strong eifect on the electron mobility in these semiconductors.