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Defect charging and resonant levels in half-Heusler Nb<inf>1-x</inf>Ti<inf>x</inf> FeSb

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dc.contributor.author Tian Y.
dc.contributor.author Vagizov F.G.
dc.contributor.author Ghassemi N.
dc.contributor.author Ren W.
dc.contributor.author Zhu H.
dc.contributor.author Wang Z.
dc.contributor.author Ren Z.
dc.contributor.author Ross J.H.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-02-09T20:44:52Z
dc.date.available 2022-02-09T20:44:52Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/169999
dc.description.abstract We report 93Nb and 121Sb NMR and 57Fe Mössbauer studies combined with DFT calculations of Nb1-xTixFeSb (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3), one of the most promising thermoelectric systems for applications above 1000 K. These studies provide local information about defects and electronic configurations in these heavily p-type materials. The NMR spin-lattice relaxation rate provides a measure of states within the valence band. With increasing x, changes of relaxation rate vs carrier concentration for different substitution fractions indicate the importance of resonant levels which do not contribute to charge transport. The chemical shift is significantly larger than expected based on DFT calculations, which we discuss in terms of an enhancement of the susceptibility due to a Coulomb enhancement mechanism. The Mössbauer spectra of Ti-substituted samples show small departures from a binomial distribution of substituted atoms, while for unsubstituted p-type NbFeSb, the amplitude of a Mössbauer satellite peak increases vs temperature, a measure of the T-dependent charging of a population of defects residing about 30 meV above the valence band edge, indicative of an impurity band at this location.
dc.subject Charging defect
dc.subject Half-Heusler
dc.subject Mössbauer
dc.subject NMR
dc.subject Resonant state
dc.title Defect charging and resonant levels in half-Heusler Nb<inf>1-x</inf>Ti<inf>x</inf> FeSb
dc.type Article
dc.relation.ispartofseries-volume 16
dc.collection Публикации сотрудников КФУ
dc.source.id SCOPUS-2021-16-SID85094193866


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