Electron Transport in Compacted Powders of VO2 Nanoparticles: Variable Range Hopping vs Percolation Behavior
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| author | Beliayev, E. Yu. Mishra, Yogendra Kumar Rubahn, Horst-Gunter Chichibaba, I. A. Mirzoiev, I. G. Horielyi, V. A. Terekhov, A. V. |
| author_facet | Beliayev, E. Yu. Mishra, Yogendra Kumar Rubahn, Horst-Gunter Chichibaba, I. A. Mirzoiev, I. G. Horielyi, V. A. Terekhov, A. V. |
| contents | Electron transport properties in compacted VO2 nanopowders were studied. While VO2 usually exhibits a first-order metal-insulator transition (MIT) at ~340K, in our compressed nanopowder samples the MIT was significantly broadened due to structural disorder, interparticle barriers, and phase coexistence. Resistivity measurements in the temperature range of 78 - 682 K initially suggested a variable range hopping (VRH) transport mechanism, but further analysis indicates that the observed temperature dependence is governed by percolative conductivity, modified by activation-assisted tunneling effects. Suppression of the expected resistance jump at the MIT is attributed to dynamic intergranular barrier restructuring, residual localized states, and percolative electron transport. These findings highlight the necessity of considering percolation effects when analyzing transport mechanisms in granular VO2-based systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Electron Transport in Compacted Powders of VO2 Nanoparticles: Variable Range Hopping vs Percolation Behavior Beliayev, E. Yu. Mishra, Yogendra Kumar Rubahn, Horst-Gunter Chichibaba, I. A. Mirzoiev, I. G. Horielyi, V. A. Terekhov, A. V. Strongly Correlated Electrons Electron transport properties in compacted VO2 nanopowders were studied. While VO2 usually exhibits a first-order metal-insulator transition (MIT) at ~340K, in our compressed nanopowder samples the MIT was significantly broadened due to structural disorder, interparticle barriers, and phase coexistence. Resistivity measurements in the temperature range of 78 - 682 K initially suggested a variable range hopping (VRH) transport mechanism, but further analysis indicates that the observed temperature dependence is governed by percolative conductivity, modified by activation-assisted tunneling effects. Suppression of the expected resistance jump at the MIT is attributed to dynamic intergranular barrier restructuring, residual localized states, and percolative electron transport. These findings highlight the necessity of considering percolation effects when analyzing transport mechanisms in granular VO2-based systems. |
| title | Electron Transport in Compacted Powders of VO2 Nanoparticles: Variable Range Hopping vs Percolation Behavior |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09592 |