P. Hlidek et al., THE TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF THE ENERGY-GAP IN CD0.22HG0.78TE .2. HALL-EFFECT MEASUREMENTS, Physica status solidi. b, Basic research, 179(2), 1993, pp. 419-428
Hall effect data evaluated with various assumptions regarding the ener
gy band parameters are compared with the results of optical measuremen
ts. The energy gap E(g) of an ideal crystal described by the Kane band
model should be distinguished from the energy difference E(T) between
conduction and valence band tail states which contribute also to the
carrier transport. The temperature coefficient of E(g)(T) is proposed
to be higher than that used in the well-known Hansen-Schmit-Casselman
relation, while E(T) versus temperature varies more slowly as a conseq
uence of a broadening of the band tails with increasing temperature.