A series of in situ high-pressure Raman spectroscopy and electrical conductivity experiments have been performed to investigate the vibrational and electrical transport properties of SnS2 under non-hydrostatic and hydrostatic environments. Upon compression, an coupled structural-electronic transition in SnS2 occurred at 30.2 GPa under non-hydrostatic conditions, which was evidenced by the splitting of the E-g mode and the discontinuities in Raman shifts, Raman full width at half maximum (FWHM) and electrical conductivity. However, the coupled structural-electronic transition took place at a higher pressure of 33.4 GPa under hydrostatic conditions, which may be due to the influence of the pressure medium. Furthermore, our first-principles theoretical calculations results revealed that the bandgap energy of SnS2 decreased slowly with increasing pressure and it closed in the pressure range of 30-40 GPa, which agreed well with our Raman spectroscopy and electrical conductivity results. Upon decompression, the recoverable Raman peaks and electrical conductivity indicated that the coupled structural-electronic transition was reversible, which was further confirmed by our HRTEM observations.
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RSC ADVANCES Volume12 Issue4 Page2454-2461 DOI10.1039/d1ra08632d PublishedJAN 12 2022 |
Author(s) |
Zhang, Xinyu; Dai, Lidong; Hu, Haiying; Hong, Meiling; Li, Chuang |
Corresponding author(s) |
DAI Lidong; HU Haiying dailidong@vip.gyig.ac.cn;huhaiying@vip.gyig.ac.cn Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geochem, Key Lab High Temp & High Pressure Study Earths In, Guiyang 550081, Guizhou, Peoples R China | View here for the details
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