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Crystal structure and metallization mechanism of the π-radical metal TED
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Author(s)
Kobayashi, Yuka
Hirata, Kazuto
Hood, Samantha N
Yang, Hui
Walsh, Aron
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Radical electrons tend to localize on individual molecules, resulting in an insulating (Mott–Hubbard) bandgap in the solid state. Herein, we report the crystal structure and intrinsic electronic properties of the first single crystal of a π-radical metal, tetrathiafulvalene-extended dicarboxylate (TED). The electrical conductivity is up to 30 000 S cm−1 at 2 K and 2300 S cm−1 at room temperature. Temperature dependence of resistivity obeys a T3 power-law above T > 100 K, indicating a new type of metal. X-ray crystallographic analysis clarifies the planar TED molecule, with a symmetric intramolecular hydrogen bond, is stacked along longitudinal (the a-axis) and transverse (the b-axis) directions. The π-orbitals are distributed to avoid strong local interactions. First-principles electronic calculations reveal the origin of the metallization giving rise to a wide bandwidth exceeding 1 eV near the Fermi level. TED demonstrates the effect of two-dimensional stacking of π-orbitals on electron delocalization, where a high carrier mobility of 31.6 cm2 V−1 s−1 (113 K) is achieved.
Date Acceptance
2020-09-10
Citation
Chemical Science, 11 (43), pp.11699-11704
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/84276
URL
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/SC/D0SC03521A#!divAbstract
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0sc03521a
ISSN
2041-6520
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Start Page
11699
End Page
11704
Journal / Book Title
Chemical Science
Volume
11
Issue
43
Copyright Statement
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Identifier
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/SC/D0SC03521A#!divAbstract
Subjects
03 Chemical Sciences
Publication Status
Published online
Date Publish Online
2020-09-11
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