Unraveling the Temperature-Hall Voltage Relationship

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The discussion centers on the relationship between temperature and Hall voltage in semiconductors. As temperature increases, the Hall voltage decreases due to increased resistance and the behavior of charge carriers, which can be conceptualized as a gas influenced by an applied magnetic field. At a certain temperature threshold, the Hall voltage begins to rise again, indicating a complex interplay between temperature, resistance, and charge carrier dynamics. Key resources provided include links to detailed explanations of the Hall effect in semiconductors.

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I don't understand why as temperature increases, the hall voltage goes down. What's going on with the electrons at increasing temperature to cause that to happen? And why at a certain temperature, the hall voltage starts to go back up? It's hard to find an answer on Google that gives me a conceptual answer to this. Thanks.
 
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It's hard to find an answer on Google that gives me a conceptual answer to this. Thanks.
Conceptual answers? Well... I'll try...

I don't understand why as temperature increases, the hall voltage goes down. What's going on with the electrons at increasing temperature to cause that to happen?
As the temperature increases, resistance also increases.

More complicated - think of the charge carriers in the semiconductor like a gas - the applies magnetic field simplistically put acts like gravity o the gas pushing it down to one side. How much it presses to that side determines the hall voltage. Increased temperature makes the gas lighter and it lifts up so it does not press down so much.

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And why at a certain temperature, the hall voltage starts to go back up?
Having trouble finding an example that is not a mistake.

See:
http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~advlab/2nd_meeting/07_Hall.pdf
And also:
http://www.ifsc.usp.br/~lavfis/BancoApostilasImagens/ApEfHall-CondEletr/EfHall-nGe-5_3_02.pdf
 
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Thanks a lot, that does help.
 

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