Electrical properties of microcrystalline Sc3N@C80 fullerene

Autor: Masamichi Sakaino, Yong Sun, Kenta Kirimoto, Tsuyoshi Takase
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Applied Physics A. 112:927-931
ISSN: 1432-0630
0947-8396
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-012-7449-6
Popis: The electrical properties of microcrystalline Sc3N@C80 fullerene with fcc structure are studied by measuring both d.c. conductivity temperature dependence and a.c. impedance. Below 450 K the Sc3N@C80 sample has an energy band gap of 1.71 eV, which does not depend on the strength of the applied electric field. But when the temperature is above 450 K, a phase transition which results in a small band gap of 1.22 eV occurs under electric field strengths larger than 1 kV/cm. We also found from Cole–Cole plots of a.c. impedance that the contact resistance at the Au/Sc3N@C80 interface is less than that at the Au/C60 interface.
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