Abstract
Compounds from the solid solution were synthesized and found to crystallize in the partially filled skutterudite-type structure The maximal Eu content gradually decreases from practically full occupancy in to for As a function of Fe/Co substitution in the magnetic transition temperature decreases from 84 K for to 8 K for At lower Eu content, long-range magnetic order disappears. Concomitantly, the Eu valence changes from almost divalent Eu in to for The transition metal exchange Fe/Co reduces the number of free carriers and causes a crossover of the electronic transport from a hole conductivity regime into electron dominated behavior. Thermoelectric properties change accordingly.
- Received 26 October 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.094411
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