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Published November 25, 2013 | Published
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Bond strength dependent superionic phase transformation in the solid solution series Cu_2ZnGeSe_(4-x)S_x

Abstract

Recently, copper selenides have shown to be promising thermoelectric materials due to their possible superionic character resulting from mobile copper cations. Inspired by this recent development in the class of quaternary copper selenides we have focused on the structure-to-property relationships in the solid solution series Cu_2ZnGeSe_(4-x)S_x. The material exhibits an insulator-to-metal transition at higher temperatures, with a transition temperature dependent on the sulfur content. However, the lattice parameters show linear thermal expansion at elevated temperatures only and therefore no indication of a structural phase transformation. ^(63)Cu nuclear magnetic resonance shows clear indications of Cu located on at least two distinct sites, which eventually merge into one (apparent) site above the phase transformation. In this manuscript the temperature dependent lattice parameters and electronic properties of the solid solution Cu_2ZnGeSe_(4-x)S_x are reported in combination with ^(63)Cu NMR, and an attempt will be made to relate the nature of the electronic phase transformation to a superionic phase transformation and a changing covalent character of the lattice upon anion substitution in this class of materials.

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© 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Received 1st August 2013; Accepted 23rd November 2013. First published online 25 Nov 2013. Financial support through the Excellence Initiative (DFG/GSC 266) is acknowledged by W. G. Z., C. P. H. and G. K. W. G. Z. is a recipient of a fellowship from the Carl Zeiss-Stiftung. G.K. is a recipient of a fellowship from the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. T.D. acknowledges support from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

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