TY - JOUR
T1 - Copper Vacancies and Heavy Holes in the Two-Dimensional Semiconductor KCu3-xSe2
AU - Rettie, Alexander J.E.
AU - Sturza, Mihai
AU - Malliakas, Christos D.
AU - Botana, Antia S.
AU - Chung, Duck Young
AU - Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2017/7/25
Y1 - 2017/7/25
N2 - The two-dimensional material KCu3-xSe2 was synthesized using both a K2Se3 flux and directly from the elements. It crystallizes in the CsAg3S2 structure (monoclinic space group C2/m with a = 15.417(3) Å, b = 4.0742(8) Å, c = 8.3190(17) Å, and β = 112.94(3)°), and single-crystal refinement revealed infinite copper-deficient [Cu3-xSe2]- layers separated by K+ ions. Thermal analysis indicated that KCu3-xSe2 melts congruently at ∼755 °C. UV-vis spectroscopy showed an optical band gap of ∼1.35 eV that is direct in nature, as confirmed by electronic structure calculations. Electronic transport measurements on single crystals yielded an in-plane resistivity of ∼6 × 10-1 ω cm at 300 K that has a complex temperature dependence. The results of Seebeck coefficient measurements were consistent with a doped p-type semiconductor (S = +214 μV K-1 at 300 K), with doping being attributed to copper vacancies. Transport is dominated by low-mobility (on the order of 1 cm2 V-1 s-1) holes caused by relatively flat valence bands with substantial Cu 3d character and a significant concentration of Cu ion vacancy defects (p ∼ 1019 cm-3) in this material. Electronic band structure calculations showed that electrons should be significantly more mobile in this structure type.
AB - The two-dimensional material KCu3-xSe2 was synthesized using both a K2Se3 flux and directly from the elements. It crystallizes in the CsAg3S2 structure (monoclinic space group C2/m with a = 15.417(3) Å, b = 4.0742(8) Å, c = 8.3190(17) Å, and β = 112.94(3)°), and single-crystal refinement revealed infinite copper-deficient [Cu3-xSe2]- layers separated by K+ ions. Thermal analysis indicated that KCu3-xSe2 melts congruently at ∼755 °C. UV-vis spectroscopy showed an optical band gap of ∼1.35 eV that is direct in nature, as confirmed by electronic structure calculations. Electronic transport measurements on single crystals yielded an in-plane resistivity of ∼6 × 10-1 ω cm at 300 K that has a complex temperature dependence. The results of Seebeck coefficient measurements were consistent with a doped p-type semiconductor (S = +214 μV K-1 at 300 K), with doping being attributed to copper vacancies. Transport is dominated by low-mobility (on the order of 1 cm2 V-1 s-1) holes caused by relatively flat valence bands with substantial Cu 3d character and a significant concentration of Cu ion vacancy defects (p ∼ 1019 cm-3) in this material. Electronic band structure calculations showed that electrons should be significantly more mobile in this structure type.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02117
DO - 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02117
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85025842269
SN - 0897-4756
VL - 29
SP - 6114
EP - 6121
JO - Chemistry of Materials
JF - Chemistry of Materials
IS - 14
ER -