The effect of Fe substitution on the electrical and thermal conductivity and thermopower of Ca3(FexCo1−x)4O9 synthesised by a sol–gel process

The effect of Fe substitution for Co on direct current (DC) electrical and thermal conductivity and thermopower of Ca₃(Co_1−xFe_x)₄O₉ (x = 0, 0.05, 0.08), prepared by a sol–gel process, was investigated in the temperature range from 380 down to 5K. The results indicate that the substitution of Fe for Co results in an increase in thermopower and DC electrical resistivity and substantial (14.9–20.4% at 300K) decrease in lattice thermal conductivity. Experiments also indicated that the temperature dependence of electrical resistivity ρ for heavily substituted compounds Ca₃(Co_1−xFe_x)₄O₉ (x = 0.08) obeyed the relation lnρ ∝ T^−1/3 at low temperatures, T < ~55K, in agreement with Mott’s two-dimensional (2D) variable range hopping model. The enhancement of thermopower and electrical resistivity was mainly ascribed to a decrease in hole carrier concentration caused by Fe substitution, while the decrease of thermal conductivity can be explained as phonon scattering caused by the impurity. The thermoelectric performance of Ca₃Co₄O₉ was not improved in the temperature range investigated by Fe substitution largely due to great increase in electrical resistivity after Fe substitution.     

Transport properties of dilute magnetic alloys

The electrical resistivity, thermopower, and the electronic part of the thermal resistivity of dilute magnetic alloys are calculated in the framework of the Suhl-Nagoaka theory. Using Bloomfield's and Hamann's solution of the Nagaoka equations, we derive expressions for the transport quantities in the limitT? ¯ T_K andT?¯ T_K to order (In ¯T _K /T)^?4 where ¯T _K is the Kondo temperature which may depend on the spin independent scattering. We find that the thermopower and deviations from the Wiedemann-Franz law in this limit decrease as ¦In ¯T_K/T¦^?3 if one neglects a trivial temperature dependence of the thermopower due to the electron-phonon interaction.     

Electronic transport properties of stuffed compositions of ferromagnetic copper chromium telluride: Cu1+xCr2Te4 (x=0-1)

We present here a detailed study of electronic transport properties of the metallic-ferromagnetic compounds Cu_1+xCr₂Te₄, having excess Cu atoms with x=0-1, from 2 to 400 K. The stuffing of the copper atoms in the parent structure reduces the ferromagnetic ordering temperature T_C from 325 to 156 K, while for the entire range the dependence of the electrical resistance and the thermopower with temperature and the anomalies in them on the magnetic ordering remain similar. All the compounds show a magnon-drag contribution in thermopower as a positive maximum around T_C/3, and a T² - dependence of resistivity at low temperatures. The increasing effects of the short range magnetic ordering in the paramagnetic resistivity are seen with the increase in the stuffing of atoms in these compounds. The transport properties are explained by the current carriers —the holes in a wide energy band dominated by the p-state of Te-atoms, which are scattered by the spindisorder in the paramagnetic phase and from the magnons in the ferromagnetic phase.     

Resistivity,thermopower and single-particle tunneling studies on some zinc-doped yttrium barium copper oxide superconductors

Abstract

Resistance and thermopower measurements have been made on a series of compounds, YBa₂Cu₃- _x Zn _x O_7-y, with x = 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2. The superconducting transition temperature decreases as the zinc concentration increases. In a range of temperatures below T_M , the mid point of the transition, the resistance shows an exponential temperature dependence fitting the phenomenological formula proposed by Ausloos et al. From the plot of logarithm of resistivity vs. (T_M ? T) ^1/2/T, one deduces a value of the average dimension of the Josephson junction to be a few tens of Å, suggesting the microtwin boundaries to be the location of the junctions. The thermopower shows a peak always just above T_c . This conclusively shows that phonon drag is not the cause of the peak. The temperature dependence of the thermopower appears to resemble closely the earlier observations of Srinivasan et al. on yttrium barium copper oxide. Single-particle tunneling measurements carried out for two concentrations, x = 0 and 0.05, appear to indicate that the energy gap parameter scales with T_c , and 2Δ/kT_c has an approximate value of 5.5.     

Non-fermi liquid transport in <Emphasis Type="Italic">R</Emphasis>Co<Subscript>2</Subscript>-based alloys

Results on the experimentally investigated dependence of the electrical resistivity of quasibinary alloys R _x Y_1−x Co₂, where R stands for magnetic rare earth elements, on temperature (2–300 K), composition (x = 0–1), and magnetic field (0–15 T) are presented. Non-Fermi liquid behavior of electrical resistivity in a magnetic field was observed in paramagnetic Gd _x Y_1−x Co₂ alloys. The relative magneto-thermopower of these alloys exhibits diverging behavior with decreasing temperature, indicating anomalous temperature variation of the thermopower in the non-Fermi liquid regime.     

The thermopower of amorphous CuTi-alloys as a function of concentration and temperature

We report on thermopower measurements of several Cu_100–x Ti _x -alloys (x=30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 and 65) in the temperature range from 4.4 to 320 K. In all cases the thermopower is positive. It shows a strong variation with concentration. An analysis of the temperature dependence is presented at low and high temperatures. The correlation of the thermopower with the pressure dependence of the electrical resistivity and the Hall-coefficient is discussed and compared with theoretical predictions.We wish to dedicate this article to the memory of A.B. Bhatia who died on September 27, 1984     

Transport effects in La0.67−x R x Sr0.33MnO3 (R=Eu, Gd)

An experimental study is reported on the temperature dependences of the magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, magnetoresistance, thermo-and magnetothermopower, and on the Hall effect of the polycrystalline lanthanum manganites La_0.67?x R _x Sr_0.33MnO₃ (x=0 and 0.07, R=Eu, Gd) within the 77-to 430-K temperature range. Replacement of a small amount of lanthanum by europium or gadolinium was found to result in a considerable decrease in the resistivity and in a change in the pattern of its temperature dependence. The temperature dependence of both the ordinary and anomalous Hall coefficients near the Curie temperature is shown to be determined by the change in the number of carriers in delocalized states. A method is proposed for separation of the hole and electronic contributions to thermopower in the ferromagnetic region. The conduction mechanisms are discussed in terms of the concept of mobility edge motion.     

Magnetic structure of the random system near the ferro-antiferromagnetic transition

The magnetic structure of the disordered alloy Fe₆₅Ni₂₈Mn₇ was investigated in the temperature 4.2–300 K by the methods: small angle scattering of neutrons, Mössbauer effect, magnetization, magnetic contribution to the thermal coefficient of the thermal expansion, and resistivity. All measurements show that long-range ferromagnetic order appears below T_c ? 160 K. At the same time for T ? 100 K, a dramatic change of magnetic state takes place which is interpreted as the freezing of “spin glass”. An increase of the magnetic contribution to the resistivity with decreasing temperature was also found. This increase was attributed to the existence of poor-bonded magnetic moments of the Kondo-type. A model of the magnetic ground state is proposed which includes the details of magnetic behavior such as long-range ferromagnetic order, spin glass, finite ferro-and antiferromagnetic clusters, and Kondo-type states. A magnetic phase diagram of the system Fe₆₅(Ni_1?xMn_x)₃₅ is also proposed.     

新型超导体MgB2的热电势和电阻率研究

测量了MgB₂的热电势和电阻率与温度的依赖关系.在100K—300K区间,热电势呈近似线性温度依赖关系,其斜率为正,表明载流子为空穴型且与能带贡献的图像相一致.与此对应,在此温区电阻率呈T²依赖关系.在100K以下,热电势和电阻率各自转变了其高温区的温度依赖关系.热电势在超导转变温度T_c(零电阻366K)到100K间有一宽峰,具有声子曳引峰的特征,表明电子-声子相互作用很强.估算了一些重要的参数,如带米能E_F、能带宽度 关键词： 新型超导体 热电势 电阻率     

Comparing the physical properties of Pr/Gd and Pr/Ce substitutions in Ru(Gd<Subscript>1.5</Subscript>Ce<Subscript>0.5</Subscript>)Sr<Subscript>2</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>10−<Emphasis Type="Italic">δ</Emphasis></Subscript>

We have compared the electrical and magnetic properties of Ru(Gd_1.5−x Pr _x )Ce_0.5Sr₂Cu₂O_10−δ (Pr/Gd samples) with x = 0.0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.033, 0.035, 0.04, 0.05, 0.06, 0.1 and RuGd_1.5(Ce_0.5−x Pr _x ) Sr₂ Cu₂O_10−δ (Pr/Ce samples) with x = 0.0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05, 0.08, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2 prepared by the standard solid-state reaction technique. We obtained the XRD patterns for different samples with various x. The lattice parameters versus x for different substitutions have been obtained from Rietveld analysis. To determine how the magnetic and superconducting properties of these layered cuprate systems can be affected by Pr substitution, the resistivity, and magnetoresistivity, with H _ext varying from 0.0 to 15 kOe, have been measured at various temperatures. Superconducting transition temperature T _c and magnetic transition T _irr , have been obtained through resistivity and ac susceptibility measurements. The T _c suppression due to Pr/Gd and Pr/Ce substitutions show competition between pair breaking by magnetic impurities, hole doping due to different valances of ions, difference in ionic radii, and oxygen stoichiometry. Pr/Gd substitution suppresses superconductivity more rapidly than for Pr/Ce, showing that the effect of hole doping and magnetic impurity pair breaking is stronger than the difference in ionic radii. In Pr/Gd substitution, the small difference between the ionic radii of Pr^3+,4+ and Gd³⁺, and absorption of more oxygen due to the higher valence of Pr with respect to Gd, decreases the mean Ru-Ru distance, and as a result, the magnetic exchange interaction becomes stronger with the increase of x. However, Pr/Ce substitution has the opposite effect. The magnetic parameters such as H _c , obtained through magnetization measurements versus applied magnetic field isotherm at 77 K and room temperatures, become stronger with x in Pr/Gd and weaker with x in Pr/Ce substitution.     

Kinetic effects in manganites La1 − x Ag y MnO3 (y ≤ x)

We have measured the resistivity, magnetoresistance, and thermopower of ceramic manganite samples La_{1 ? x} Ag _y MnO₃ (y ≤ x) doped with silver as functions of temperature (4.2–350 K) and magnetic field (up to 26 kOe). A metal-insulator phase transition is observed in all investigated samples at temperatures close to room temperature. The behavior of the resistivity and thermopower in the high-temperature paramagnetic region is interpreted using the concept of small radius polaron; the activation energy decreases with increasing doping level. The resistivity in the low-temperature ferromagnetic region is approximated by the expression ρ_FM(T) = ρ₀ + AT ² + BT ^4.5 presuming the existence of electron-electron and electron-magnon interactions. A resistivity minimum and a strong magnetoresistive effect are observed at low temperatures. The latter effect is associated with scattering of charge carriers at grain boundaries, which are antiferromagnetically ordered relative to one another. The temperature dependence of thermopower in the magnetically ordered phase is described in the framework of a model taking into account the drag of charge carriers by magnons.     

Peltier-effect in the mixed state of (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3Oδ

We present measurements of the Peltier-effect in the mixed state of Bi_1.76Pb_0.24Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_δ. The Peltier-coefficient broadens in a magnetic field quite similar to the resistivity and the thermopower. Comparison with the thermopower shows that Onsagers relation holds well. The occurrence of the Peltier-heat in the mixed state well below T_c implies that the electric current is accompanied by a large heat current. We show that the vortex contribution to the Peltier-heat is negligibly small. Therefore the heat current has to be attributed to normal quasiparticle excitations. Our results indicate that this quasiparticle contribution to the heat current remains large even at temperatures far below T_c.     

Effect of the oxygen excess on the properties of weakly doped La<Subscript>1−<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>Ca<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis></Subscript>MnO<Subscript>3</Subscript> lanthanum manganites

The effect of an oxygen excess δ on the magnetic and electrical properties of La_1−x Ca _x MnO_3+δ (x=0.10–0.15) has been studied over wide ranges of temperatures and magnetic fields. As δ increases, the magnetic ordering temperature T_cdecreases by 70–90 K, the magnetoresistance increases (the electrical resistivity decreases by a factor of up to 10⁴ in a field of 9 T), and the effective moment μ_eff of the paramagnetic susceptibility substantially exceeds the theoretical value at temperatures two to four times higher than T _c and undergoes a jump, just as the activation energy of electrical resistivity, at T∼270 K. These results are attributed to the formation of cation vacancies, the localization of electrons in their vicinity with the subsequent formation of magnetic clusters, tunneling (or hopping) of carriers among them, changes in the sizes of clusters with variations in the temperature and magnetic field strength, the onset of frustrations initiated by the competition among different types of exchange interaction, and the dependence of the cluster parameters on the annealing conditions. Annealing of the oxygen-excess samples at high temperatures in vacuum (above 1100°C) restores the samples to a nearly initial state with the magnetic and magnetotransport properties characteristic of weakly doped manganites, as a result of the removal of cation vacancies.     

Thermal transport properties in the normal state of CaAlxSi2−x superconductors

Normal state electrical and thermal properties, including electrical resistivity (ρ), Seebeck coefficient (S), and thermal conductivity (κ) of the CaAl_xSi_2−x (x=0.9-1.2) system were investigated. It is found that the electrical resistivity and Seebeck coefficient exhibit a typical metallic character throughout the temperature range investigated, and the metallicity of this series is enhanced with increase in Al/Si ratio. On the other hand, the thermal conductivity shows a weak temperature variation at low temperatures, whereas κ follows a T²-dependence for T>150 K. Analysis of the electronic thermal resistivity based on Klemen’s model reveals that the scattering of electrons from the defects and static imperfections becomes dominant as the temperature approaches T_c. These results are discussed in the light of simultaneous existence of various crystal structures and development of ultra-soft phonon mode recently observed in the CaAlSi system.     

Thermal transport in the intermetallic compound CeNi<Subscript>4</Subscript>Cr

Electrical resistivity, thermopower (TEP), thermal conductivity and the thermoelectric figure of merit are studied for the CeNi₄Cr compound, which has been previously suggested to be a fluctuating valence system with a tendency to the increase of the effective mass at low temperatures. The analysis of the thermoelectric properties confirms such a possibility and provides characteristic parameters like the Debye temperature, Fermi energy and the position of the f band. Both the thermopower and the magnetic part of the electrical resistivity could be analyzed within a similar model assuming a narrow f-band of the Lorentzian form near the Fermi energy. The thermal conductivity shows that the phonon contribution exceeds the electronic one below 220 K.     

Normal-state electrical resistivity and superconducting magnetic penetration depth in Eu<Subscript>0.5</Subscript>K<Subscript>0.5</Subscript>Fe<Subscript>2</Subscript>As<Subscript>2</Subscript> polycrystals

We report measurements of the temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity, ρ(T), and magnetic pen-etration depth, λ(T), for polycrystalline samples of Eu_0.5K_0.5Fe₂As₂ with T _c = 31 K. ρ(T) follows a linear temperature dependence above T _c and bends over to a weaker temperature dependence around 150 K. The magnetic penetration depth, determined by radio frequency technique displays an unusual minimum around 4 K which is associated with short-range ordering of localized Eu³⁺ moments. The article is published in the original.     

Transport and thermodynamic properties of CeAuAl3

We present measurements of the specific heat, the electrical resistivity, the Hall effect, and the magnetic susceptibility of CeAuAl₃, a new heavy-electron compound that crystallizes in an ordered derivative of the tetragonal BaAl₄-type structure. For comparison we have also done some of these measurements on the isostructural non-magnetic reference compound LaAuAl₃, which appears to be a simple metal. Below K, CeAuAl₃ orders antiferromagnetically and below 1K, we encounter Fermi liquid behaviour with considerably enhanced effective masses, i.e., a quadratic temperature dependence of the resistivity with a large prefactor and a sizable linear-in-T contribution to the specific heat. This linear-in-T contribution increases by more than a factor 50 from its value at to its value at . Consequently CeAuAl₃ develops a heavy-electron ground state, coexisting with antiferromagnetic order. The small energy scales involved in the problem make CeAuAl₃ a good candidate for tuning it, by varying external parameters, towards a quantum critical point. At high temperatures we observe local moment behaviour. From the temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility and the specific heat we have derived the crystalline-electric-field-split level scheme of the J =5/2 multiplet. Distinct features in the electrical resistivity provide additional evidence for this level splitting. Received: 6 November 1997 / Accepted: 17 November 1997     

Temperature dependence of the contribution to the transport coefficients of nearly ferromagnetic metals from electron-paramagnon scattering

We present calculations of the temperature dependence of the contribution from electron-paramagnon scattering to the electrical and thermal resistivity of a simple model of a nearly ferromagnetic metal. The purpose of the work is to explore the behavior of these quantities when the temperature is the order of or greater than the spin fluctuation temperature T_sf. As the temperature T is raised from zero through T_sf, the electrical resistivity varies more slowly with temperature than the T² law characteristic of the regime T?T_sf. When T?T_sf, the electrical resistivity becomes proportional to T, although this asymptotic behavior is approached very slowly. The Lorenz number rises monotonically with temperature, and appears to approach the ideal Sommerfeld value when T?T_sf, although this limit is also approached slowly.     

C-axis thermoelectric transport in low stage SbCl5 graphite intercalation compounds

c-axis thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity and thermopower measurements performed on stages-2, 3 and 4 SbCl₅-graphite intercalation compounds in the temperature range 3 < T < 300 K are reported. Contrary to the electrical resistivity and thermopower data, the temperature variation of the thermal conductivity is qualitatively different from that previously observed on other intercalation compounds.     

Temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity of R6(Fe1-xMnx)23 compounds in the temperature range 4.2 to 300 K

The temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity of binary R₆Mn₂₃, R₆Fe₂₃ (R = Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm) and pseudobinary R₆(Fe_1-xMn_x)₂₃ (R = Y, Er, Ho) compounds has been determined by a four-probe measuring technique in the temperature range 4 to 400 K.The binary compounds exhibit a prop. T² dependence at low temperatures, while above 100 K a negative curvature of the -T-curves is observed.These experimental results are discussed on the basis of electron-spin wave scattering in the low temperature range and on the basis of s-d scattering in the high temperature range, taking explicitly into account the temperature dependence of the chemical potential.The pseudobinary compounds generally exhibit a decreasing resitivity with increasing temperature, combined with a high residual resistivity. These facts are explained by the so-called strong scattering mechanism and the appearance of “quasilocalized” states.