分类: 物理学 >> 普通物理:统计和量子力学,量子信息等 提交时间: 2017-05-02
摘要: We study type I clathrate Ba8Cu5.1Ge40.2Sn0.7 single crystals (space group Pm3"n, no. 223, a 1⁄4 10.7151(3)) grown using a Sn flux method. Microprobe analysis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveal a small amount of Sn embedded in the Cu/Ge framework, which increases disorder at the guest Ba sites. Ba8Cu5.1Ge40.2Sn0.7 is diamagnetic with a susceptibility of $2.8 10 7 emu g 1 and shows metal-like behavior (dr/dT > 0) with a low charge carrier concentration of 0.5 e per unit cell at 300 K. The single crystals show a relatively high carrier mobility (m (300 K) 1⁄4 11.9 cm2 V 1) and very low lattice thermal conductivity ($0.6 W m 1 K 1). The thermoelectric figure of merit ZT of Ba8Cu5.1Ge40.2Sn0.7 single crystals reaches a maximum value of 0.6 at 773 K, which can be further improved by adjusting the chemical composition.
提交时间: 2017-05-02
摘要: principles calculations. The obtained phonon frequencies agree well with the measurements of Raman scattering. The thermodynamic properties are calculated within quasi-harmonic approximation, and the measured lattice thermal conductivity is well reproduce