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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
卷 11, 期 17, 页码 4912-4920出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200500020
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antimony; intermetallic phases; polymorphism; semiconductors; zinc
We investigated crystal structure relationships, phase stability and chemical bonding of the thermoelectric materials ZnSb, alpha-Zn4Sb3, and beta-Zn4Sb3 by means of first principles calculations. The structures of these materials are difficult to rationalise. This is especially true for beta-Zn4Sb3 because of the presence of vacancies and interstitial atoms. We recognised rhomboid rings Zn2Sb2 as central structural building units present in all materials. Importantly, these rings enable to establish a clear relationship between disordered beta-Zn4Sb3 and ordered low-temperature alpha-Zn4Sb3- Concerning the phase stability of Zn4Sb3 we identified a peculiar situation: alpha-Zn4Sb3 is metastable and beta-Zn4Sb3 can only be thermodynamically stable when its structural disorder accounts for a large entropy contribution to free energy. According to their electronic structure zinc antimonides represent heteroatomic framework structures with a modest polarity. The peculiar electronic structure of Zn/Sb systems can also be modelled by Al/Si systems. The high coordination numbers in the frameworks implies the presence of multicentre bonding. We developed a simple bonding picture for these frameworks where multicentre bonding is confined to rhomboid rings Zn4Sb2.
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