Email this article Electrical conductivity of Cs2CuCl4 crystals
- Authors: Sorokin N.I.1
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Affiliations:
- Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography
- Issue: Vol 61, No 3 (2016)
- Pages: 466-468
- Section: Physical Properties of Crystals
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7745/article/view/190032
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774516020255
- ID: 190032
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Abstract
The electrical conductivity of Cs2CuCl4 single crystals, synthesized by crystallization from aqueous solutions in the CsCl–CuCl2–H2O system, has been investigated. The temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity of crystals in a temperature range of 338–584 K exhibits no anomalies. The electrical transfer activation enthalpy is ΔHσ = 0.72 ± 0.05 eV and the conductivity is σ = 3 × 10–4 S/cm at 584 K. The most likely carriers in Cs2CuCl4 are Cs+ cations, which transfer electric charge according to the vacancy mechanism.
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N. I. Sorokin
Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography
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Email: nsorokin1@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119333
