Some Physical Properties of the New Intermetallic Compound NbCd2
- Authors: Tuleushev Y.Z.1, Zhakanbaev E.A.1, Migunova A.A.1,2, Nicenko A.B.3, Volodin V.N.1,3
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
- AO “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation”
- Issue: Vol 53, No 8 (2019)
- Pages: 1028-1032
- Section: Electronic Properties of Semiconductors
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7826/article/view/206594
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782619080219
- ID: 206594
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Abstract
Solid solutions of cadmium in niobium and NbCd2 phase are formed by magnetron sputtering and coprecipitation on substrates moving relative to the flow of Nb and Cd particles. The NbCd2 phase can be described by a tetragonal unit cell with the parameters a = 0.84357 nm, c = 0.54514 nm, and c/a = 0.6426. A very high hole concentration in NbCd2 is established by studying the coating absorption and transmission spectra corresponding to the intermetallic-compound composition near the fundamental absorption edge, determining the band gap, and measuring the carrier mobility. Such a concentration is characteristic of a strongly degenerate semiconductor or metal. The band gap is determined to be 1.26 eV. The variation in the concentration of carriers and their mobility depending on the cadmium concentration in coatings of the Nb–Cd system confirms the occurrence of the NbCd2 phase.
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Y. Zh. Tuleushev
Institute of Nuclear Physics
Author for correspondence.
Email: tuleushev@mail.ru
Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050032
E. A. Zhakanbaev
Institute of Nuclear Physics
Email: tuleushev@mail.ru
Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050032
A. A. Migunova
Institute of Nuclear Physics; Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Email: tuleushev@mail.ru
Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050032; Almaty, 050013
A. B. Nicenko
AO “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation”
Email: tuleushev@mail.ru
Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050010
V. N. Volodin
Institute of Nuclear Physics; AO “Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation”
Email: tuleushev@mail.ru
Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050032; Almaty, 050010