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Complex permittivity and predominance of non-overlapping small-polaron tunneling conduction process in copper indium selenide compound

  • Mohamed Essaleh ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Rachid Bouferra , Mohammed Mansori , Giovanni Marín , Syed M. Wasim and Dinesh Pratap Singh
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 114 Issue 2

Abstract

This paper presents a study of the complex permittivity of n-type copper indium selenide semiconductor compound at low temperatures down to −175 °C. Alternating current with frequency varying between 20 Hz and 1 MHz is applied to the material in order to measure the dielectric constant ɛ′ and dielectric loss D = ɛ″/ɛ′. ɛ′ is found to decrease with temperature and frequency, whereas D decreases with frequency and increases with temperature. The experimental data of ɛ″ agree with the expression ε ″ = A ω m ω , T , where the frequency exponent m(ω, T), calculated through the relation m ω , T = ∂ ⁡ ln ε ″ / ∂ ⁡ ln ⁡ ω T , shows a frequency and temperature dependence. The data are analyzed in light of existing theoretical models.

Keywords: Complex permittivity; NSPT; Semiconductors
Corresponding author: Mohamed Essaleh, STWMaterial-Technology, Laboratoire de Géosciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Géonvironnement et Génie Civil. Cadi-Ayyad University, B.P.549, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

The authors are extremely grateful to Professor Dr. Dennis Mitchell, for critically revising the manuscript.

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  4. Data availability: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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Received: 2022-02-19
Accepted: 2022-08-29
Published Online: 2023-01-24
Published in Print: 2023-02-23

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Complex permittivity; NSPT; Semiconductors

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