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Crystal structure, Chemical Bonding, Electrical and Thermal Transport in Sc5Rh6Sn18

Single crystals of Sc5Rh6Sn18 were grown from Sn-flux. The crystal structure (SG: I41/acd, a = 13.5529(2) Å, c = 27.0976(7) Å) was studied by high-resolution X-ray diffraction on powder and single crystal material as well as by TEM. All methods confirm it to crystallize with Sc5Ir6Sn18 (space group I41/acd) type of structure. The performed structural studies suggest also the presence of local domains with broken average translational symmetry. Analysis of the chemical bonding situation reveal highly polar Sc2-Sn1, Sn-Rh and Sc2-Rh bonds, two- and three-center bonds involving Sn-atoms as well as ionic nature of Sc1 bonding. The thermopower of Sc5Rh6Sn18 is isotropic, small and negative (i.e. dominance of electron-like charge carriers). Due to structural disorder, the thermal conductivity is lowered in comparison with regular metallic systems.

preprint2020arXivOpen access

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