Low-temperature physical properties and electronic structures of Ni3Sb, NisSb2, NiSb2, and NiSb

• Published in: 中国物理B：英文版 2015 (6), p.500-505
• Main Author: 罗肖宁 董成 刘世凯 张子平 李傲雷 杨立红 李晓川
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: NiSb2; 低温电阻率; 温度依赖性; 物理性能; 电子结构; 电阻率测量; 第一原理计算; 锑化合物
• ISSN: 1674-1056; 2058-3834

We report the results of low temperature resistivity and magnetization measurements on polycrystalline samples of four Ni-Sb compounds, Ni3 Sb, Ni5 Sb2, NiSb, and NiSb2. Resistivity measurements revealed that these compounds exhibit a metallic type of electrical conductivity. Temperature dependences of the resistivities were well fitted by the generalized Bloch--Griineisen formula v~ith an exponent of n ~- 3, indicating that the s--d interband scattering is the dominant scatter- ing mechanism. The magnetic susceptibilities of NisSb2, NiSb, and NiSb2 are almost independent of temperature （above 150 K）, exhibiting Pauli paramagnetic behavior. The temperature dependences of the susceptibilities were fitted using the Curie-Weiss law. Ni3Sb was found to have a paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition at 229 K. First-principles calculations have been performed to investigate the electronic structures and physical properties of these Ni-Sb alloys. The calculation of the band structure predicted that Ni3Sb, NisSb2, NiSb, and NiSb2 have char- acteristics of metal, and the ground state of Ni3Sb is ferromagnetic. The electrical and magnetic properties observed experimentally are consistent with that predicted by the first-principle electronic structure calculations.