Metal-nonmetal transition in the sphalerite-type solid solution [ZnSnSb2]1-x[2(InSb)]x

Andreas Tengå; F. Javier Garcia-Garcia; Yang Wu; Nathan Newman; Ulrich Häussermann

doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2009.03.015

Metal-nonmetal transition in the sphalerite-type solid solution [ZnSnSb₂]_1-x[2(InSb)]_x

Andreas Tengå, F. Javier Garcia-Garcia, Yang Wu, Nathan Newman, Ulrich Häussermann

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Abstract

Samples of the solid solution [ZnSnSb₂]_1-x[2(InSb)]_x have been prepared over the whole range of composition by tin flux synthesis. The lattice parameter of the sphalerite-type average structure varies linearly between that of the end members ZnSnSb₂ and InSb, a=6.2849(2) and 6.4776(15), respectively. Electron diffraction shows different kinds of structured diffuse scattering for Zn and In rich samples, respectively. The former is attributed to compositional short range ordering, the latter to thermally excited phonon modes. A metal-nonmetal transition takes place between the compositions x=0.8 and x=0.9.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1438-1442
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume	182
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2009.03.015
State	Published - Jun 2009

Keywords

Indium antimonide
Metal-nonmetal transition
Solid solution
Sphalerite structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
Condensed Matter Physics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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