摘要:
A manufacturing method for a p-type semiconductor formed by sintering a compound represented by the general chemical formula: Mg2SiXSnYGeZ (where X+Y+Z=1, X>0, and Y>0, Z>0). The p-type semiconductor has a composition in which X is in the range of 0.00 0.00, and Y is in the range of 0.60≦Y≦0.95, and Z satisfies either of the relationships: −1.00Y+1.00≧Z≧−1.00Y+0.75, where 0.60≦Y≦0.90 and Z>0.00, and −2.00Y+1.90≧Z≧−1.00Y+0.75, where 0.90≦Y≦0.95 and Z>0.00.