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Electronic structure and bonding in skutterudite-type phosphides
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The electronic structures of the skutterudite-type phosphides CoP3 and NiP3 have been investigated by
means of first-principles linear muffin-tin orbital–atomic sphere approximation band-structure calculations.
The presence of P4 rings in the skutterudite structure is of great importance in determining the nature of the
electronic bands around the Fermi level, composed mainly of p-type molecular orbitals of these units. The
metallic character found for NiP3 should be ascribed to the phosphorus framework rather than to the metal
atoms.
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LLUNELL MARÍ, Miquel, et al. Electronic structure and bonding in skutterudite-type phosphides. Physical Review B. 1996. Vol. 53, num. 16, pags. 10605-10609. ISSN 0163-1829. [consulted: 11 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/10836