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Ouardi, Siham ; Fecher, Gerhard H. ; Balke, Benjamin ; Kozina, Xenia ; Stryganyuk, Gregory ; Felser, Claudia ; Lowitzer, Stephan ; Koedderitzsch, Diemo ; Ebert, Hubert ; Ikenaga, Eiji

Electronic transport properties of electron- and hole-doped semiconducting C1b Heusler compounds: NiTi1−xMxSn (M=Sc, V)

Ouardi, Siham, Fecher, Gerhard H., Balke, Benjamin, Kozina, Xenia, Stryganyuk, Gregory, Felser, Claudia, Lowitzer, Stephan, Koedderitzsch, Diemo, Ebert, Hubert und Ikenaga, Eiji (2010) Electronic transport properties of electron- and hole-doped semiconducting C1b Heusler compounds: NiTi1−xMxSn (M=Sc, V). Physical Review B (PRB) 82, 085108.

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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.19678


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The substitutional series of Heusler compounds NiTi1−xMxSn (where M=Sc,V and 0<x≤0.2) were synthesized and investigated with respect to their electronic structure and transport properties. The results show the possibility to create n-type and p-type thermoelectrics within one Heusler compound. The electronic structure and transport properties were calculated by all-electron ab initio methods and ...

The substitutional series of Heusler compounds NiTi1−xMxSn (where M=Sc,V and 0<x≤0.2) were synthesized and investigated with respect to their electronic structure and transport properties. The results show the possibility to create n-type and p-type thermoelectrics within one Heusler compound. The electronic structure and transport properties were calculated by all-electron ab initio methods and compared to the measurements. Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was carried out and the results are compared to the calculated electronic structure. Pure NiTiSn exhibits massive “in gap” states containing about 0.1 electrons per cell. The comparison of calculations, x-ray diffraction, and photoemission reveals that Ti atoms swapped into the vacant site are responsible for these states. The carrier concentration and temperature dependence of electrical conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, and thermal conductivity were investigated in the range from 10 to 300 K. The experimentally determined electronic structure and transport measurements agree well with the calculations. The sign of the Seebeck coefficient changes from negative for V to positive for Sc substitution. The high n-type and low p-type power factors are explained by differences in the chemical-disorder scattering-induced electric resistivity. Major differences appear because p-type doping (Sc) creates holes in the triply degenerate valence band at Γ whereas n-type doping (V) fills electrons in the single conduction band above the indirect gap at X what is typical for all semiconducting transition-metal-based Heusler compounds with C1b structure.



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    DokumentenartArtikel
    Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftPhysical Review B (PRB)
    Verlag:American Physical Society
    Band:82
    Seitenbereich:085108
    Datum11 August 2010
    InstitutionenNicht ausgewählt
    Identifikationsnummer
    WertTyp
    10.1103/PhysRevB.82.085108DOI
    Klassifikation
    NotationArt
    31.15.A-, 71.23.-k, 72.15.JfPACS
    Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
    StatusVeröffentlicht
    BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
    An der Universität Regensburg entstandenNein
    URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-196786
    Dokumenten-ID19678

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