Resonant oscillation of misch-metal atoms in filled skutterudites

We investigate vibrational behaviors in misch-metal filled antimony skutterudites in the time domain. At higher filling ratios of guest atoms, the vibration frequency approaches that of the cage structure and the amplitude becomes stronger. Furthermore, the reduction of lattice thermal conductivity...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2009-05, Vol.102 (17), p.175508-175508, Article 175508
Main Authors: Wang, Yaguo, Xu, Xianfan, Yang, Jihui
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Language:English
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Physics
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Summary:We investigate vibrational behaviors in misch-metal filled antimony skutterudites in the time domain. At higher filling ratios of guest atoms, the vibration frequency approaches that of the cage structure and the amplitude becomes stronger. Furthermore, the reduction of lattice thermal conductivity over a wide temperature range can be explained using the measured resonant vibrational frequency. These findings reveal that the reduction of the lattice thermal conductivity is a result of scattering of acoustic phonons due to the resonant interaction between guest atoms and lattice phonons.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.102.175508