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Electronic band structure and low-temperature transport properties of the type-I clathrate BA8NIXGE46-X-Y

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Candolfi, C.
Ormeci, A.
Baitinger, M.
Burkhardt, U.
Oeschler, N.
Steglich, F.
Grin, Yu.

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We present the evolution of the low-temperature thermodynamic, galvanomagnetic and thermoelectric properties of the type-I clathrate Ba8NixGe46-x-y square(y) with the Ni concentration studied on polycrystalline samples with 0.0 <= x <= 6.0 by means of specific heat, Hall effect, electrical resistivity, thermopower and thermal conductivity measurements in the 2-350 K temperature range and supported by first-principles calculations. The experimental results evidence a 2a x 2a x 2a supercell described in the space group Ia (3) over bard for x <= 1.0 and a primitive unit cell a x a x a (space group Pm (3) over barn) above this Ni content. This concentration also marks the limit between a regime where both electrons and holes contribute to the electrical conduction (x <= 1.0) and a conventional, single-carrier regime (x > 1.0). This evolution is traced by the variations in the thermopower and Hall effect with x. In agreement with band structure calculations, increasing the Ni content drives the system from a nearly-compensated semimetallic state (x = 0.0) towards a narrow-band-gap semiconducting state (x = 4.0). A crossover from an n-type to a p-type conduction occurs when crossing the x = 4.0 concentration i.e. for x = 4.1. The solid solution Ba8NixGe46-x-y square(y) therefore provides an excellent experimental platform to probe the evolution of the peculiar properties of the parent type-I clathrate Ba8Ge43 square(3) upon Ge/Ni substitution and filling up of the vacancies, which might be universal among the ternary systems at low substitution levels.

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Royal Soc Chemistry

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Chemistry, Inorganic, Nuclear

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10.1039/c4dt03827d

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