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Kamil Ciesielski1, Karol Synoradzki2,3, Damian Szymański2
1Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Okólna 2, 50-420, Wrocław, Poland. k.ciesielski@intibs.pl.
Abstract:
Half-Heusler (HH) phase TmNiSb was obtained by arc-melting combined with high-pressure high-temperature sintering in conditions: p = 5.5 GPa, [Formula: see text] = 20, 250, 500, 750, and 1000 [Formula: see text]C. Within pressing temperatures 20-750 [Formula: see text]C the samples maintained HH structure, however, we observed intrinsic phase separation. The material divided into three phases: stoichiometric TmNiSb, nickel-deficient phase TmNi[Formula: see text]Sb, and thulium-rich phase Tm(NiSb)[Formula: see text]. For TmNiSb sample sintered at 1000 [Formula: see text]C, we report structural transition to LiGaGe-type structure (P[Formula: see text]mc, a = 4.367(3) Å, c = 7.138(7) Å). Interpretation of the transition is supported by X-ray powder diffraction, electron back-scattered diffraction, ab-initio calculations of Gibbs energy and phonon dispersion relations. Electrical resistivity measured for HH samples with phase separation shown non-degenerate behavior. Obtained energy gaps for HH samples were narrow ([Formula: see text] 260 meV), while the average hole effective masses in range 0.8-2.5[Formula: see text]. TmNiSb sample pressed at 750 [Formula: see text]C achieved the biggest power factor among the series, 13 [Formula: see text]WK[Formula: see text]cm[Formula: see text], which proves that the intrinsic phase separation is not detrimental for the electronic transport.
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