Semiconducting Behavior of the Intermetallic Compound Al2Ru
Semiconducting Behavior of the Intermetallic Compound Al2Ru
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DOI:
10.1209/0295-5075/28/4/009
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发表时间:
1994-11
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影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
P. Volkov;S. Poon
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作者:
P. Volkov;S. Poon
We present data on transport properties of polycrystalline samples of the intermetallic compound Al2Ru. The high d.c. conductivity ratio σ(300 K)/σ(0.46 K) ≈ 50 and low conductivity σ(0.46 K) = 0.21 Ω-1 cm-1 are anomalous for metal-based alloys. At high temperature, above 500 K, σ exhibits an activated behavior indicative of an energy gap in reasonable agreement with band structure calculations and optical-conductivity results. Analysis of results on a large number of samples suggests also the existence of a small intrinsic band inside the gap. Transport and magnetotransport experiments indicate that Al2Ru is a classical semiconductor even at low temperature.