@article{MAKHILLJEAS20083813029, title = {Electrical Nature of Antimony Probe Shapes on Surface Conductance of Tellurium Films}, journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences}, volume = {3}, number = {8}, pages = {622-625}, year = {2008}, issn = {1816-949x}, doi = {jeasci.2008.622.625}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2008.622.625}, author = {R.K. Odunaike,A.A. Oberafo,M.G. Zebaze Kana and}, keywords = {Geometric effect,probe shape,current-voltage,tellurium,antimony,rectangular,triangular}, abstract = {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.} }