Structural origin of the semiconducting properties of Sb[sub 4]Mo[sub 20]O[sub 62]

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1006/jssc.1993.1236· OSTI ID:7207425

Canadell, E ^[1]; Evain, M; Ganne, M ^[2]; Whangbo, Myung-Hwan ^[3]

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1. Universite de Paris-Sud (France)
2. Universite de Nantes (France)
3. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)

The origin of the semiconducting properties of the molybdenum bronze Sb[sub 4]Mo[sub 20]O[sub 62] was examined by performing tight-binding electronic band structure calculations. These calculations show a band gap at the Fermi level, so that Sb[sub 4]Mo[sub 20]O[sub 62] is not a Mott insulator but a regular semiconductor. Analysis of the low-lying t[sub 2g]-block bands reveals that the band gap originates from the O-Mo...O alternations in the six different types of MoO[sub 6] octahedra present in Sb[sub 4]Mo[sub 20]O[sub 62], and the conductivity of this bronze is one-dimensional despite its three-dimensional crystal structure. The conducting properties of other M[sub 4]M[prime][sub 20]O[sub 62] (M = Sb, Bi; M[prime] = Mo, W) phases are also discussed.

• OSTI ID: 7207425
• Journal Information: Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States) Vol. 105:2; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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