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From the Ternary Phase Ca14Zn1+δSb11 (δ ≈ 0.4) to the Quaternary Solid Solutions Ca14-xRExZnSb11 (RE = La-Nd, Sm, Gd, x ≈ 0.9). A Tale of Electron Doping via Rare-Earth Metal Substitutions and the Concomitant Structural Transformations

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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
卷 58, 期 13, 页码 8506-8516

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00809

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  1. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0008885]

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The ternary compound Ca14Zn1.37(1)Sb11 and its six rare-earth metal substituted derivatives Ca14-xRExZnSb11 (RE = La-Nd, Sm, Gd; x approximate to 0.90 +/- 0.06) have been synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. All compounds formally crystallize in the tetragonal Ca14AlSb11 structure type (space group I4(1)/acd, No. 142, Z = 8). The crystal structure of Ca14Zn1.37(1)Sb11 subtly differs from the structure of the remaining six, as well as from the structure of the archetype, due to the presence of a partially occupied interstitial Zn position. The extra zinc atom is needed in this structure to alleviate the unfavorable number of valence electrons in the imaginary Ca14ZnSb11.( )Electron doping, via substitution of RE3+ ions on Ca2+ sites, is shown as an alternative route to achieve electron balance in these Zn-based analogs of the Ca14AlSb11 structure, which does not require the incorporation of interstitial atoms. Electrical resistivity measurements done on single-crystalline samples are in agreement with the notion that Ca14-xRExZnSb11 moieties behave as either bad metals or heavily doped semiconductors. Magnetization measurements show Curie-Weiss paramagnetic behavior related to the local-moment magnetism of the RE3+ ions.

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