Abstract Chalcogenide lone pair semiconducting materials are important materials due to their prospective applications in thermoelectrics, phase change memories, topological insulators etc. Investigating these lone pair semiconductors for versatile applications, different electronic properties were studied by researchers world-wide. Analyses of these semiconducting materials in bulk and thin films for electronic properties like dark and photo-conductivity, photosensitivity, carrier concentration, carrier type, relaxation time and thermopower are the major constituents while accepting them for applications. This review stresses on the electronic properties of several binary, ternary and quaternary lone pair chalcogenide systems. The electronic properties are generally discussed on the basis of chemical ordering in system. A brief discussion on some theoretical background of conduction mechanism has also been incorporated for new researchers in this field. Potential applications of chalcogenide semiconducting materials have been outlined.

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孤对硫族化物半导体的化学排序和电子特性

摘要 硫属化物孤对半导体材料因其在热电、相变存储器、拓扑绝缘体等方面的潜在应用而成为重要的材料。世界范围内的研究人员研究了这些孤对半导体的多功能应用，研究了不同的电子特性。分析这些半导体材料在块状和薄膜中的电子特性，如暗和光导性、光敏性、载流子浓度、载流子类型、弛豫时间和热电势，是接受它们应用的主要成分。本综述着重于几种二元、三元和四元孤对硫族化物系统的电子特性。电子性质一般是根据系统中的化学排序来讨论的。还为该领域的新研究人员简要讨论了传导机制的一些理论背景。已经概述了硫属化物半导体材料的潜在应用。