Physical properties of Ce3-xTe4 below room temperature
- ORNL
The physical properties of polycrystalline Ce{sub 3-x}Te{sub 4} were investigated by measurements of the thermoelectric properties, Hall coefficient, heat capacity, and magnetization. The fully filled, metallic x = 0 compound displays a soft ferromagnetic transition near 4 K, and analysis of the corresponding heat capacity anomaly suggests a doublet ground state for Ce{sup 3+}. The transition is suppressed to below 2 K in the insulating x = 0.33 composition, revealing that magnetic order in Ce{sub 3-x}Te{sub 4} is driven by a Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY)-type interaction. The thermoelectric properties trend with composition as expected from simple electron counting, and the transport properties in Ce{sub 3}Te{sub 4} are observed to be similar to those in La{sub 3}Te{sub 4}. Trends in the low-temperature thermal conductivity data reveal that the phonons are efficiently scattered by electrons, while all compositions examined have a lattice thermal conductivity near 1.2 W/m K{sup -1} at 200 K.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Shared Research Equipment Collaborative Research Center
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1048728
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review B, Vol. 86, Issue 3; ISSN 1098-0121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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