Effect of Ge Additive on the Morphological and Physical Properties of Se100-xGex (x = 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 15 and 20) Chalcogenide System

Authors

  • Anjali School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur, H.P., India-177001
  • Balbir Singh Patial Department of Physics, Himachal Pradesh University Summer Hill Shimla-171005, H.P. India
  • Vaishnav Kiran School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur-177001, H.P., India
  • Nagesh Thakur Department of Physics, Himachal Pradesh University Summer Hill Shimla-171005, H.P. India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61343/jcm.v3i01.95

Keywords:

XRD, SEM, Chalcogenide Glasses, Average Coordination Number, Band Gap, Cohesive-energy, optical band gap energy, Mean Bond Energy

Abstract

Ge additive chalcogenide materials have become more prevalent in contemporary optoelectronics. The present study utilizes the melt-quenching process for preparing Se-Ge chalcogenide glasses. For the examined system, submicron structural and physical characteristics are examined and described. X-ray diffraction spectra show no characteristic peaks, this indicates that the glassy compositions under investigation are amorphous. A further confirmation of the amorphous nature is provided by SEM. The physical properties of the compositions under examination namely cross-linking density (X), average coordination number (<r>), lone-pair electrons (L), mean bond energy (<E>), constraints (Nc), fraction of floppy modes (f), cohesive-energy (CE), glass transition temperature (Tg), electro-negativity (χ) as well as heat of atomization (Hs) have been deduced in regard to the influence of Ge content. Cohesive-energy is computed using CBA, while mean bond energy is obtained by chemical-bond ordering approach. Shimakawa's relationship was utilized to theoretically compute band gap of the system under investigation. Average single-bond energy, electro-negativity and cohesive-energy were used to analyse the results. A relationship between the mean coordination number and a variety of inferred physical characteristics is established.

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2025-03-25

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Anjali, Balbir Singh Patial, Vaishnav Kiran, Nagesh Thakur. Effect of Ge Additive on the Morphological and Physical Properties of Se100-xGex (x = 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 15 and 20) Chalcogenide System. J. Cond. Matt. [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 25 [cited 2025 Apr. 4];3(01):106-11. Available from: https://jcm.thecmrs.in/index.php/j/article/view/95

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