Variable-range electron hopping, conductivity cross-over and space-charge relaxation in C60Br6

Dielectric spectroscopy is employed to probe the frequency-dependent conductivity and dipolar dielectric response of solid C60Br6. Below approximately 215 K, charge conduction is electronic and well described by Mott's variable-range polaron hopping model, with effective hopping activation ener...

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Autores: Manesh, Zachariah, Romanini, Michela|||0000-0002-1685-855X, Zygouri, Panagiota, Gournis, Dimitrios, Tamarit Mur, José Luis|||0000-0002-7965-0000, Barrio Casado, María del|||0000-0003-3467-7581, Macovez, Roberto|||0000-0001-5026-9372
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/96734
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/96734
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2016.03.028
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dielectrics--Spectra
Fullerenes--Electric properties
Fullerene derivatives
Organic molecular solid
Universal dielectric response
Dielectric spectroscopy
Variable range hopping
Relaxation loss
PHASE-TRANSITION
SOLID C60
DIELECTRIC RESPONSE
FULLERENE C-60
DYNAMICS
DIFFUSION
C61H2
FULLERIDES
TRANSPORT
ISOMER
Ful·lerens--Propietats elèctriques
Dielèctrics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Electromagnetisme::Conductivitat
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Sumario:Dielectric spectroscopy is employed to probe the frequency-dependent conductivity and dipolar dielectric response of solid C60Br6. Below approximately 215 K, charge conduction is electronic and well described by Mott's variable-range polaron hopping model, with effective hopping activation energy Ea varying between 0.12 eV at 125 K and 0.16 eV at 220 K, and most probable hopping range varying between 100 and 125% of the decay length of the localized polaron's wavefunction. Above 215 K a new contribution appears in the conductivity, accompanied by a weak endothermic feature in the calorimetric thermogram, which might signal a solid-solid phase transition. A broad dielectric loss feature is observed in the imaginary part of the permittivity. Such feature stems largely from a conductivity-related frequency-dependent loss associated with polaron hopping, as confirmed by the validity of the Barton-Nakajima-Namikawa condition. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.