High-pressure study of ScH; Raman, infrared, and visible absorption spectroscopy

Kume, Tetsuji*; Oura, Hiroyuki*; Takeichi, Tomoo*; Omura, Ayako*; Machida, Akihiko; Watanuki, Tetsu; Aoki, Katsutoshi; Sasaki, Shigeo*; Shimizu, Hiroyasu*; Takemura, Kenichi*

Physical Review B, 84(6), p.064132_1 - 064132_7, 2011/08

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.064132

Raman, IR, and visible absorption spectra of scandium trihydride (ScH) have been measured at high pressures up to 50 GPa at room temperature. The structural and electronic phase transitions were investigated. Successive hcp-intermediate-fcc phase transitions took place at 25 and 46 GPa. It was suggested that the intermediate phase of ScH has the same structure as that of YH. The energy gap of ScH is 1.7 eV at the ambient condition and is closed around 50 GPa, at which the crystal structure transforms to fcc.