High pressure studies of alkali metal doped fullerides A4C60

• The electrical resistance R of K4C60 and Li4C60 has been measured between 100 and 300 K under pressures up to 1 and 2 GPa, respectively. For both materials, the temperature coefficient of R is negative at all pressures and temperatures in this range. The transport properties of Li4C60 at low pressure are compatible with a recent observation of high ionic conductivity, but surprisingly, this conductivity term increases strongly with increasing pressure, contradicting an intuitive model. For K4C60 we see no sign of a recently suggested structural phase transformation at low temperature, nor can we find any convincing evidence for a lattice disproportionation as recently observed for Rb4C60.

Subject headings

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

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

Keyword

Alkali metal fullerides

C60

intercalation

K4C60

Li4C60

ionic conduction

resistivity

conductivity

electronic conduction

high pressure

Raman spectroscopy

X-ray diffraction

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

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