Magnetic and thermoelectric properties of quasi-one-dimensional oxides An+2CoB(n)O3n+3 (A=Ca,Sr, B=Co,Rh,Ir; n=1-3)

摘要

We studied the magnetic and thermoelectric properties of the homologous series A(n+2)CoB(n)O(3n+3) (A=Ca,Sr, B=Co,Rh,Ir; n=1-3), which possess one-dimensional chain structures consisting of one CoO6 trigonal prism and n BO6 octahedra. Both Ca3CoRhO6 and Ca3CoIrO6, the n=1 members, exhibited an abrupt drop in the magnetic susceptibility (chi) at around 35 K with decreasing temperature. A broad peak was observed in the chi-T curves at 13 and 5 K, respectively, for the n=2 and 3 samples of the B=Rh series. The change in the magnetic behavior of the B=Rh samples with increasing n is attributable to the increase of interchain distance, while the difference of Ca3CoRhO6 and Ca3CoIrO6, despite the valence and spin state are the same, may be due to a structural distortion of the latter compound. Thermopower (S) of all three n=1 samples was about 150 mu V/K at around 1000 K, and resistivity (rho) showed semiconductive behavior, with Ca3CoRhO6 having the lowest resistivity. As a result, the power factor (=S-2/rho) of Ca3CoRhO6 at 1073 K was more than two times larger than that of Ca3Co2O6. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.