Transport properties in Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4single crystals under different annealing conditions

Autor: Lu Cheng, Cheng Hai Sun, Jian Liu, Hongshun Yang, Yisheng Chai, Lie Zhao Cao, Hui Xian Gao, Jian Bin Wang
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Superconductor Science and Technology. 22:015013
ISSN: 1361-6668
0953-2048
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/22/1/015013
Popis: The transport properties, thermopower (TEP), thermal conductivity (κ) and resistivity (ρ) are investigated for the optimally doped (x = 0.15) Nd1−xCexCuO4 (NCCO) single crystal, after annealing in flowing nitrogen at 900 °C for different times. Both TEP and ρ are interpreted in a two-band model with an electron broad band and a hole-like narrow band. After suitable annealing, the bandwidth (Γ) of the narrow band decreases abruptly, resulting in an anomalous change of TEP at 300 K. At the same time, κ increases considerably because of the increasing thermal conductivity of charge carriers, and a peak emerges around 75 K, due to the interaction between carriers and phonons.
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