Hu Tingjing

Phase Transition Behavior of LiCr0.35Mn0.65O2 under High Pressure by Electrical Conductivity Measurement

The electrical conductivity of powdered LiCr0.35Mn0.65O2 is measured under high pressure up to 26.22 GPa in the temperature range 300–413 K by using a diamond anvil cell. It is found that both conductivity and activation enthalpy change discontinuously at 5.36 GPa and 21.66 GPa. In the pressure range 1.10–5.36 GPa, pressure increases the activation enthalpy and reduces the carrier scattering, which finally leads to the conductivity increase. In the pressure ranges 6.32–21.66 GPa and 22.60–26.22 GPa, the activation enthalpy decreases with pressure increasing, which has a positive contribution to electrical conductivity increase. Two pressure-induced structural phase transitions are found by in-situ x-ray diffraction under high pressure, which results in the discontinuous changes of conductivity and activation enthalpy.

In Situ Electrical Resistivity and Hall Effect Measurement of β-HgS under High Pressure

With in situ electrical resistivity and Hall effect measurement, the transport properties and carrier behavior of β-HgS under high pressure are investigated up to 32.9 GPa. The electrical resistivity changes discontinuously at 5.4, 14.6, and 25.0 GPa. These discontinuities correspond to the phase transitions of β-HgS from zinc blende to cinnabar, then to rock salt structure. For the zinc blende structure, the decrease of carrier concentration and the increase of mobility indicate that the originally overlapped valence band and conduction band separate with pressure. For the rock salt phase, the increase of ionized impurity concentration leads to the decrease of mobility with pressure.

Carrier behavior of HgTe under high pressure revealed by Hall effect measurement

We investigate the carrier behavior of HgTe under high pressures up to 23 GPa using in situ Hall effect measurements. As the phase transitions from zinc blende to cinnabar, then to rock salt, and finally to Cmcm occur, all the parameters change discontinuously. The conductivity variation under compression is described by the carrier parameters. For the zinc blende phase, both the decrease of carrier concentration and the increase of mobility indicate the overlapped valence band and conduction band separates with pressure. Pressure causes an increase in the hole concentration of HgTe in the cinnabar phase, which leads to the carrier-type inversion and the lowest mobility at 5.6 GPa. In the phase transition process from zinc blende to rock salt, Te atoms are the major ones in atomic movements in the pressure regions of 1.0–1.5 GPa and 1.8–3.1 GPa, whereas Hg atoms are the major ones in the pressure regions of 1.5–1.8 GPa and 3.1–7.7 GPa. The polar optical scattering of the rock salt phase decreases with pressure.