Transport and thermodynamic properties under anharmonic motion in type-I Ba8Ga16Sn30 clathrate Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Anharmonic guest atom oscillation has direct connection to the thermal transport and thermoelectric behavior of type-I Ba 8Ga 16Sn 30 clathrates. This behavior can be observed through several physical properties, with for example the heat capacity providing a measure of the overall excitation level structure. Localized anharmonic excitations also influence the low-temperature resistivity, as we show in this paper. By combining heat capacity, transport measurements, and our previous NMR relaxation results, we address the distribution of local oscillators in this material, as well as the shape of the confining potential and the excitation energies for Ba(2) ions in the cages. We also compare to the soft-potential model and other models used for similar systems. The results show good agreement between the previously deduced anharmonic rattler potential and experimental data. 2012 American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW B

altmetric score

  • 0.25

author list (cited authors)

  • Zheng, X., Rodriguez, S. Y., Saribaev, L., & Ross, J.

citation count

  • 12

complete list of authors

  • Zheng, Xiang||Rodriguez, Sergio Y||Saribaev, Laziz||Ross, Joseph H Jr

publication date

  • June 2012