Abstract
We have investigated electron transport characteristics of a hydrogen-deficient dihydride of yttrium YH2+δ (-0.3<δ<0.05) focusing particularly on the effect of hydrogen deficiency on carrier relaxation time. At room- and low-temperatures, dc-specific resistivities obtained from electrical measurements show minimum values when hydrogen-deficient quantity δ is approximately -0.1. Optical conductivities were obtained from reflectance measurements by the Kramers–Knonig transformation. When δ is changed, the carrier scattering rate determined from the optical conductivity shows a behavior similar to those of dc resistivities. Not only the carrier scattering rate but also a band-gap energy E0 associated with a Γ'2–Γ'25 transition is influenced by the hydrogen deficiency; E0 shows a maximum value as δ is about -0.1. Hall coefficients are found to be positive but fairly small (∼10-11 m3/C), indicating that electrons as well as holes presumably contribute to electric conduction in YH2+δ.
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