Pressure-induced metallization in Mg2Si
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Mg2Si with narrow band gap has attracted increasing interest for its great potential applications. Theoretical calculations have predicted the metallization of Mg2Si under high pressure. In this work, the electrical resistance and Raman spectrum measurements of semiconducting Mg2Si were performed to investigate the metallization of Mg2Si by using diamond anvil cells and strip opposite anvils. A discontinuous change of electrical resistance was found at around 10–13 GPa. Mg2Si displays a semiconductive-like decreasing trend with increasing temperature before 10 GPa and a metallic-like increasing trend with increasing temperature after 13 GPa. The disappearance of Raman peaks above 9.7 GPa further supported the conclusion of metallization. These results suggest a semiconductor– metal transition at around 9.7 GPa in Mg2Si, which is close to the theoretical predictive metallization at 6–8 GPa.
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