Strong charge carrier scattering at grain boundaries of PbTe caused by the collapse of metavalent bonding
oleh: Riga Wu, Yuan Yu, Shuo Jia, Chongjian Zhou, Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin, Matthias Wuttig
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01 |
Deskripsi
Studying the charge transport across individual grain boundaries is challenging yet important for materials design. Here, the authors find that metavalent bonding collapses at grain boundaries, increasing the barrier height for charge transport.