Abstract
The mixed-valent Pb3Rh7O15 undergoes a Verwey-type transition at Tv ≈ 180 K, below which the development of Rh3+/Rh4+ charge order induces an abrupt conductor-to-insulator transition in resistivity. Here we investigate the effect of pressure on the Verwey-type transition of Pb3Rh7O15 by measuring its electrical resistivity under hydrostatic pressures up to 8 GPa with a cubic anvil cell apparatus. We fnd that the application of high pressure can suppress the Verwey-type transition around 3 GPa, above which a metallic state is realized at temperatures below ∼70 K, suggesting the melting of charge order by pressure. Interestingly, the lowerature metallic region shrinks gradually upon further increasing pressure and disappears completely at > 7 GPa, which indicates that the charge carriers in Pb3Rh7O15 undergo a reentrant localization under higher pressures. We have constructed a temperature-pressure phase diagram for Pb3Rh7O15 and compared to that of Fe3O4, showing an archetype Verwey transition.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 087201 |
Journal | Chinese Physics Letters |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2017 |
Funding
Supported by the \"Shi-Pei Ji Hua\", the National Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 51402019 and 11574377, the Beijing Natural Science Foundation under Grant No 2152011, the National Basic Research Program of China under Grants No 2014CB921500, the Strategic Priority Research Program and Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant Nos XDB07020100 and QYZDB-SSW-SLH013, the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division, and the CEM, and NSF MRSEC under Grant No DMR-1420451.