Electronic structure of Ce-filled skutterudites

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Nordstrom, L [1 ]
Singh, DJ [1 ]
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[1] USN,RES LAB,COMPLEX SYST THEORY BRANCH,WASHINGTON,DC 20375
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1996年 / 53卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.53.1103
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T [工业技术];
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The electronic structure of CeFe4P12 and CeFe4Sb12 have been studied with density-functional calculations. Both are small band-gap semiconductors within the local-density approximation. The Ce is near trivalent in both compounds, and the Ce 4f states hybridize strongly with both Fe 3d and pnictogen p states in the vicinity of the Fermi energy. The band gaps are the result of this hybridization.
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