First-Principles calculations of the interconfigurational transition energies of 4f - 4f-15d of Ln3+ ions in LiYF4 and CaF2

2021 ◽  
Vol 122 ◽  
pp. 111656
Author(s):  
Mega Novita ◽  
Irna Farikhah ◽  
Dian Marlina ◽  
Chong-Geng Ma ◽  
Benjamin Walker ◽  
...  
Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo ◽  
Xue ◽  
Li ◽  
Li ◽  
Song ◽  
...  

To evaluate the influence of transition metal substituents on the characteristics of CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2, we investigated the geometrical and electronic properties of transition metal-substituted CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2 by first-principles calculations. The results suggested that the substitution of Ti4+ at the five-fold coordinated (Ti5c) sites by transition metals is energetically favored. The substituted interface has enhanced visible light sensitivity and photoelectrocatalytic activity by reducing the transition energies. The transition metal substitution can effectively tune the band gap of the interface, which significantly improves the photo-reactivity. The substituted systems are expected to be more efficient in separating the photo-generated electrons-holes and active in the visible spectrum.


2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (01) ◽  
pp. 1850423
Author(s):  
Hui Chen ◽  
Mu Gu

First-principles calculations have been performed to investigate the doping defects in CuI with group-IIB elements such as Zn, Cd and Hg. The calculated transition energies for substitutional Zn, Cd and Hg are 1.32, 1.28 and 0.60 eV, respectively. These group-IIB elements at the substitutional sites complex with a copper vacancy [Formula: see text] have the lower formation energies as compared to dopants located at the substitutional sites or interstitial sites, respectively. Among all the complex defects considered, [Formula: see text] has the lowest formation energy and it induces the acceptor level [Formula: see text] eV above the valence-band maximum (VBM), which is close to the acceptor level [Formula: see text] eV of [Formula: see text], suggesting that Hg may be a good dopant for CuI to improve its p-type conductivity.


2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 1025-1029
Author(s):  
Min-Wook Oh ◽  
Tae-Gu Kang ◽  
Byungki Ryu ◽  
Ji Eun Lee ◽  
Sung-Jae Joo ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Pizzocchero ◽  
Matteo Bonfanti ◽  
Rocco Martinazzo

The manuscript addresses the issue of the structural distortions occurring at multiple bonds between high main group elements, focusing on group 14. These distortions are known as trans-bending in silenes, disilenes and higher group analogues, and buckling in 2D materials likes silicene and germanene. A simple but correlated \sigma + \pi model is developed and validated with first-principles calculations, and used to explain the different behaviour of second- and higher- row elements.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Pedersen ◽  
Björn Alling ◽  
Hans Högberg ◽  
Annop Ektarawong

Thin films of boron nitride (BN), particularly the sp<sup>2</sup>-hybridized polytypes hexagonal BN (h-BN) and rhombohedral BN (r-BN) are interesting for several electronic applications given band gaps in the UV. They are typically deposited close to thermal equilibrium by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at temperatures and pressures in the regions 1400-1800 K and 1000-10000 Pa, respectively. In this letter, we use van der Waals corrected density functional theory and thermodynamic stability calculations to determine the stability of r-BN and compare it to that of h-BN as well as to cubic BN and wurtzitic BN. We find that r-BN is the stable sp<sup>2</sup>-hybridized phase at CVD conditions, while h-BN is metastable. Thus, our calculations suggest that thin films of h-BN must be deposited far from thermal equilibrium.


Author(s):  
Jing-hua Guo ◽  
Jin-Xiang Liu ◽  
Hongbo Wang ◽  
Haiying Liu ◽  
Gang Chen

In this work, combining the first-principles calculations with kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations, we constructed an irregular carbon bridge on the graphene surface and explored the process of H migration...


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