Electronic band structure, magnetic, transport and thermodynamic properties of In-filled skutterudites In.sub.x./sub.Co.sub.4./sub.Sb.sub.12./sub

0422818 - FZÚ 2014 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Leszczynski, J. - Da Ros, V. - Lenoir, B. - Dauscher, A. - Candolfi, C. - Masschelein, P. - Hejtmánek, Jiří - Kutorasinski, K. - Tobola, J. - Smith, R.I. - Stiewe, C. - Müller, E.
Electronic band structure, magnetic, transport and thermodynamic properties of In-filled skutterudites In_xCo₄Sb₁₂
Journal of Physics D-Applied Physics. Roč. 46, č. 49 (2013), "495106-1"-"495106-13". ISSN 0022-3727. E-ISSN 1361-6463
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) 7AMB12FR019
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : thermoelectric and thermodynamic properties * skutterudites
Subject RIV: BM - Solid Matter Physics ; Magnetism
Impact factor: 2.521, year: 2013

The thermoelectric and thermodynamic properties of polycrystalline InxCo4Sb12(0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.26) skutterudites were investigated and analysed between 2 and 800K by means of electrical resistivity, thermopower, thermal conductivity and specific heat measurements.Hall effect, sound velocity and thermal expansion measurements were also made in order to gain insights into the transport and elastic properties of these compounds. The impact of the In filling on the crystal structure as well as the thermal dynamics of the In atoms were tracked down to 4K using powder neutron diffraction experiments. Analyses of the transport data were compared with the evolution of the electronic band structure with x determined theoretically within the Korringa–Kohn–Rostoker method with the coherent potential approximation.
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