Structural and electronic properties of tin clathrate materials

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Myles, CW [1 ]
Dong, JJ
Sankey, OF
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[1] Texas Tech Univ, Dept Phys, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA
[2] Auburn Univ, Dept Phys, Auburn, AL 36849 USA
[3] Arizona State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[4] Arizona State Univ, Mat Res Ctr, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevB.64.165202
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Using an ab initio local density approximation (LDA) method, we have studied the structural properties and the electronic band structures of several tin-based clathrate materials. We find that the pure type-I (Sn-46) and type-II (Sn-136) clathrate frameworks are metastable, expanded-volume phases of Sn and that they are semiconductors. We further find that the Cs encapsulated type-I binary clathrate is metallic if full stoichiometry (Cs8Sn46) is assumed. However, our calculations suggest that vacancy formation is energetically favored, and that the stable vacancy compound Cs(8)Sn(44)square (2) is a narrow gap semiconductor. We have also studied the ternary clathrate compounds Cs8Ga8Sn38 and Cs8Zn4Sn42, which have been suggested as potential thermoelectrics, and we find that these are semiconductors. The trends in the structural and electronic properties of these Sn-based clathrates are discussed, and our results are compared with experiment where possible.
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