Sushko, PV;
Shluger, AL;
Hayashi, K;
Hirano, M;
Hosono, H;
(2003)
Electron localization and a confined electron gas in nanoporous inorganic electrides.
PHYS REV LETT
, 91
(12)
, Article 126401. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.126401.
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Abstract
The nanoporous main group oxide 12CaO.7Al(2)O(3) (C12A7) can be transformed from a wide-gap insulator to an electride where electrons substitute anions in cages constituting a positive frame. Our ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of this novel material give a consistent explanation of its high conductivity and optical properties. They show that the electrons confined in the inert positive frame are localized in cages and undergo hopping between neighboring cages. The results are useful for the understanding of behavior of confined electron gas of different topology and electron-phonon coupling, and for designing new transparent conductors, electron emitters, and electrides.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Electron localization and a confined electron gas in nanoporous inorganic electrides |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.126401 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.126401 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2003 The American Physical Society |
| Keywords: | ANIONS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10013 |
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