Order–disorder transition and Fano-interference in thermoelectric Cu3SbSe3 nanoparticles.pdf

Materials Chemistry and Physics 151 (2015) 99e104 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Materials Chemistry and Physics journal homepage: /locate/matchemphys Orderedisorder transition and Fano-interference in thermoelectric Cu3SbSe3 nanoparticles K. Samanta a, *, N. Gupta b, H. Kaur c, L. Sharma c, S. Dogra Pandey a, J. Singh a, T.D. Senguttuvan c, N. Dilawar Sharma a, A.K. Bandyopadhyay a a Vacuum Pressure Standards, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi 110012, India b Electronic Science Department, Kurukshetra University, Thanesar, HR 136119, India c Physics of Energy Harvesting Division, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi 110012, India h i g h l i g h t s First experimental Raman Scattering study of thermoelectric Cu SbSe . 3 3 Observation of orderedisorder transition at 380 K. Phonon frequency anomaly across the phase-transition. Observation of Fano-interference in the temperature range 80e250 K. Signature of negative thermal expansion (NTE) effect. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Temperature dependent Raman scattering measurements were carried out to investigate the phonon Received 13 May 2014 behavior of thermoelectric Cu3SbSe3 nanoparticles. The anomalous behavior of phonon mode (Ag ) fre- Received in revised form quency with temperature indicates the possibility of a lattice instability related to the orderedisorder 15 October 2014 structural transition at 380 K. In the low temperatur