Transport study of (T,p) phase diagram in PdAl2Cl8 intercalated graphite

• We have examined the c-direction variations of resistance, Rc (or resistivity, varrhoc) over the 4.2–295 K. temperature range at ambient pressure, and over the 160–295 K range for pressures up to 1.5 GPa on first stage PdAl2Cl8 graphite intercalation compounds. All samples examined manifest a rapid, nonlinear decrease in Rc with pressure (maximum ¦dln Rc/dp¦ > 300 % GPa−1 at 0.4 GPa. The overall Rc decrease is around 90% by 1GPa, a value greater than that observed in any other GIC to date. Upon slow pressure release, the resistance increases linearly but to only about 20–25% of its initial (1 bar) value for HOPG-based materials: on the contrary, it returns along its initial R-p trajectory for GICs based on single crystal graphite. We discuss these data with reference to the X-ray diffraction results, to the significance of the residual resistivity and to studies on other similar lamellar solids.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Graphite intercalation compound

GIC

insertion compound

PdAl2Cl8

structural phase diagram

resistivity

c-axis resistance

high pressure

low temperature

HOPG

single crystal graphite

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

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