TY  - JOUR
T1  - Electrical Nature of Antimony Probe Shapes on Surface Conductance of Tellurium Films
AU - , R.K. Odunaike AU - , A.A. Oberafo AU - , M.G. Zebaze Kana AU - , J.A. Laoye 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 8
SP  - 622
EP  - 625
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2008.622.625
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2008.622.625
KW  - Geometric effect
KW  -probe shape
KW  -current-voltage
KW  -tellurium
KW  -antimony
KW  -rectangular
KW  -triangular
AB  - The geometrical effect of probe shape in a two point arrangements were investigated by measuring the surface electrical current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics as deposited thin films of tellurium with antimony probes. The chosen geometry of antimony probes in contact with the Te-samples were triangles, rectangles, semicircles and segments of circles whose each pair was of 2 types of probe extension. The first was the uniform electrode width configuration in which the metal (Sb) electrode width was continuous at the edge of the Te-sample while the second was the differential electrode configuration is which the metal electrode width was discontinuous as the edge of the Te-sample region. The results showed that the surface density-voltage characteristics were linear in every case. The rectangular electrode pair gave the least values, followed by the semi-circular pair and finally the triangular pair. In the latter 2 cases, the results for both uniform and differential electrode width configuration were practically the same.
ER  -