A new compound with the filled-skutterudite structure, Ba x Pd4Sn y Sb12−y , was prepared by the flux growth and spark plasma sintering (SPS) techniques. The crystal structure was determined from single crystal and powder x-ray diffraction data. The structure is electronically stabilized by the Sn:Sb ratio, and the lattice parameters depend on this ratio. For magnetic, electrical conductivity, Hall coefficient, Seebeck coefficient and thermal conductivity measurements, single crystal and/or SPS-densified specimens were utilized. Ba1.0Pd4Sn7.1Sb5.2 exhibits diamagnetic behavior. The Hall coefficient is negative and increases with temperature. The lattice thermal conductivity of Ba0.97Pd4Sn6.90Sb4.97 (SPS-densified) is smaller than for CoSb3, but the thermoelectric figure of merit (ZT) is comparatively low due to the low Seebeck coefficient.
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The authors would like to express their gratitude to A. Leithe-Jasper and Y. Lu for valuable discussions, and wish to thank T. Vogel for the metallographic preparations, M. Eckert for WDXS and EDXS measurement, R. Koban for measurement of magnetic and transport properties, S. Hoffmann for differential thermal analysis (DTA), and S. Hückmann for collecting the x-ray powder diffraction data.
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Liang, Y., Borrmann, H., Schnelle, W. et al. Ba x Pd4Sn y Sb12−y : A New Palladium-Containing Skutterudite. J. Electron. Mater. 39, 1837–1841 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-010-1074-y
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