Differentiating Electrical and Optoelectrical Properties of Oxysulfides La2Ta2MS2O8 (M=Zr, Ti) via Application of Pressure
2020
The oxysulfides La2Ta2MS2O8 (M = Zr, Ti) form
a new family of narrow-band-gap semiconductors
that have a lot of potential for photocatalysis and optoelectronics.
However, many of their fundamental properties are still unknown. Herein,
we report their crystal structure evolution, electrical resistances,
band gaps, and photocurrents under compression from near ambient pressure
up to ∼50 GPa. Our results show that the orthorhombic phases
of La2Ta2ZrS2O8 and La2Ta2TiS2O8 transform into
two new high-pressure phases at ∼23 and 25 GPa, respectively.
Although their band gaps show similar trends in variations with the
pressure, the resistance of La2Ta2ZrS2O8 is ∼2–3 orders of magnitudes higher than
that of La2Ta2TiS2O8.
In addition, the former exhibits a sharp decrease with pressure after
the phase transition, while the latter presents only a steady decrease
with increasing pressure. This difference arises from their different
responses in the carrier mobility under compression, which is related
to their compressibility at high pressure (the bulk modulus of La2Ta2ZrS2O8 is 122.5 GPa and
that of La2Ta2TiS2O8 is
132.6 GPa). Both the electrical conductivity and defect formation
at high pressure can affect the photoelectric properties, making the
La2Ta2TiS2O8 compound
possess photocurrents superior to the La2Ta2ZrS2O8 one. The findings from this work show
that the La2Ta2TiS2O8 compound
is a better candidate than La2Ta2ZrS2O8 for developing applications in photocatalysis, photovoltaics,
photoelectric devices, etc.
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