Strong charge carrier scattering at grain boundaries of PbTe caused by the collapse of metavalent bonding

Autor: Riga Wu, Yuan Yu, Shuo Jia, Chongjian Zhou, Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin, Matthias Wuttig
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36415-1
Popis: Studying the charge transport across individual grain boundaries is challenging yet important for materials design. Here, the authors find that metavalent bonding collapses at grain boundaries, increasing the barrier height for charge transport.
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