Disentanglement of the unoccupied electronic structure in metallic and semiconducting C-60 peapods

Author(s)
Christian Kramberger, Paola Ayala, Hidetsugu Shiozawa, Ferenc Simon, Alexander Friedrich, Xianjie Liu, Mark Rümmeli, Yasumitsu Miyata, Hiromichi Kataura, Patrick Hoffmann, Thomas Pichler
Abstract

We provide insight into the C1s x-ray absorption response of C-60 encaged in metallicity-sorted single-walled carbon nanotubes. The partial density of states observed for different constituent species unveils their distinct electronic properties. We identify the relative positions and filling of the one-dimensional van Hove singularities in the hosting nanotubes and the molecular orbitals of the encaged fullerenes. We directly address the possible charge transfer and especially the predicted existence of a shallow half-filled electronic t(1u) band in metallic peapods. In the experiment, we find the t(1u) of C-60 unoccupied in the semiconducting nanotubes. In metallic nanotubes, it is observed 100-200 meV above the Fermi level E-F.

Organisation(s)
Electronic Properties of Materials
External organisation(s)
Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, University of Surrey
Journal
Physical Review B
Volume
83
No. of pages
5
ISSN
1098-0121
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.195438
Publication date
2011
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103018 Materials physics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/disentanglement-of-the-unoccupied-electronic-structure-in-metallic-and-semiconducting-c60-peapods(6b8bdf10-f6ab-4178-8fd1-7fc79cd78325).html