Synthesis and Study of Electrical Properties of SbTeI

Table 1

SEM morphologies of compounds prepared under different conditions.

Sample	SbTeI Growth conditions	SEM images of SbTeI Crystals	Crystal details
SbTeI-1	Thermal treatment at 400°C for 480 hrs		Size 2–8 μm. Smooth rods stacked in random fashion. Enlarged micrograph shows hollow rods
SbTeI-2	Thermal treatment at 600°C for 4 hrs		Size 5–20 μm. Mixture of rods, rectangular plates and, big plates