Positive Hall coefficients obtained from contact misplacement on evident n-type ZnO films and crystals
Positive Hall coefficients obtained from contact misplacement on evident n-type ZnO films and crystals
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DOI:
10.1557/jmr.2008.0300
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发表时间:
2008-09
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
T. Ohgaki;N. Ohashi;Shigeaki Sugimura;Haruki Ryoken;I. Sakaguchi;Y. Adachi;H. Haneda
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作者:
T. Ohgaki;N. Ohashi;Shigeaki Sugimura;Haruki Ryoken;I. Sakaguchi;Y. Adachi;H. Haneda
We report on the effect of sample non-uniformity on the results of Hall-effect measurements. False positive Hall coefficients were obtained from an evidently n -type ZnO single crystal, although four electrodes with low contact resistance were made and the Van der Pauw parameter for this electrode configuration was close to 1.00. Further position-sensitive characterization revealed that the false positive Hall coefficient was due to non-uniform electrical properties of the sample. To demonstrate a false positive sign of the Hall coefficient due to sample non-uniformity, we devised a model structure made from evident n -type ZnO thin film and successfully reproduced a false positive Hall coefficient from n -type ZnO.