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Title: Pressure induced structural transitions in CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2 thermoelectric compounds

Abstract

We have investigated the structural behavior of CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2 thermoelectric materials under high pressure conditions up to 80 GPa using angle dispersive x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell (DAC). We have also performed high-pressure Raman spectroscopy measurements up to 15 GPa. We observed a pressure-induced structural transformation from the ambient orthorhombic structure with space group Pnma to a triclinic type structure with space group P1 beginning around 8 GPa in both samples and completing at 13 GPa and 10 GPa in CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2, respectively. High pressure Raman experiments complement the transitions observed by high-pressure x-ray diffraction (HPXRD). The transitions were found to be reversible on releasing the pressure to ambient in the DAC. The bulk modulus and compressibility of these materials are further discussed.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and High Pressure Science and Engineering Center (HiPSEC)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States); Carnegie Inst. of Science, Washington, DC (United States). Geophysical Lab.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Science (NA-113); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Legacy Management (LM), Office of Field Operations
OSTI Identifier:
1332338
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1254361; OSTI ID: 1338323
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0001982; NA0001974; FG02-99ER45775; AC02-06CH11357; NA0002006
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 643; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0925-8388
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; thermoelectrics; structural phase transition; high pressure powder diffraction; Thermoelectrics, Structural phase transition, High-pressure powder diffraction

Citation Formats

Baker, Jason, Kumar, Ravhi S., Sneed, Daniel, Connolly, Anthony, Zhang, Yi, Velisavljevic, Nenad, Paladugu, Jayalakshmi, Pravica, Michael, Chen, Changfeng, Cornelius, Andrew, and Zhao, Yusheng. Pressure induced structural transitions in CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2 thermoelectric compounds. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.04.138.
Baker, Jason, Kumar, Ravhi S., Sneed, Daniel, Connolly, Anthony, Zhang, Yi, Velisavljevic, Nenad, Paladugu, Jayalakshmi, Pravica, Michael, Chen, Changfeng, Cornelius, Andrew, & Zhao, Yusheng. Pressure induced structural transitions in CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2 thermoelectric compounds. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.04.138
Baker, Jason, Kumar, Ravhi S., Sneed, Daniel, Connolly, Anthony, Zhang, Yi, Velisavljevic, Nenad, Paladugu, Jayalakshmi, Pravica, Michael, Chen, Changfeng, Cornelius, Andrew, and Zhao, Yusheng. Mon . "Pressure induced structural transitions in CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2 thermoelectric compounds". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.04.138. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1332338.
@article{osti_1332338,
title = {Pressure induced structural transitions in CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2 thermoelectric compounds},
author = {Baker, Jason and Kumar, Ravhi S. and Sneed, Daniel and Connolly, Anthony and Zhang, Yi and Velisavljevic, Nenad and Paladugu, Jayalakshmi and Pravica, Michael and Chen, Changfeng and Cornelius, Andrew and Zhao, Yusheng},
abstractNote = {We have investigated the structural behavior of CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2 thermoelectric materials under high pressure conditions up to 80 GPa using angle dispersive x-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell (DAC). We have also performed high-pressure Raman spectroscopy measurements up to 15 GPa. We observed a pressure-induced structural transformation from the ambient orthorhombic structure with space group Pnma to a triclinic type structure with space group P1 beginning around 8 GPa in both samples and completing at 13 GPa and 10 GPa in CuSbS2 and CuSbSe2, respectively. High pressure Raman experiments complement the transitions observed by high-pressure x-ray diffraction (HPXRD). The transitions were found to be reversible on releasing the pressure to ambient in the DAC. The bulk modulus and compressibility of these materials are further discussed.},
doi = {10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.04.138},
journal = {Journal of Alloys and Compounds},
number = C,
volume = 643,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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