Topological band order, structural, electronic and optical properties of XPdBi (X = Lu, Sc) compounds

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (14) ◽  
pp. 1650159 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Narimani ◽  
Z. Nourbakhsh

In this paper, the structural, electronic and optical properties of LuPdBi and ScPdBi compounds are investigated using the density functional theory by WIEN2K package within the generalized gradient approximation, local density approximation, Engel–Vosco generalized gradient approximations and modified Becke–Johnson potential approaches. The topological phases and band orders of these compounds are studied. The effect of pressure on band inversion strength, electron density of states and the linear coefficient of the electronic specific heat of these compounds is investigated. Furthermore, the effect of pressure on real and imaginary parts of dielectric function, absorption and reflectivity coefficients of these compounds is studied.

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (4 Jul-Aug) ◽  
pp. 041001
Author(s):  
K. Benchikh ◽  
M. Benchehima ◽  
H. A. Bid ◽  
A. Chabane Chaouche

In the present work, the density functional theory (DFT) was performed for the investigation of the structural, electronic and optical properties of the Zn1-xCdxSeyTe1-y quaternary alloys using the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method. For the calculations of the structural properties we have used the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof generalized gradient approximation (GGA-PBEsol). On other hand, the electronic properties have been computed within the local density approximation (LDA) in adding to the Tran-Blaha modified Becker-Johnson (TB-mBJ) approach. Our results indicate that the lattice constant, as well as the bulk modulus and the energy gap for the Zn1-xCdxSeyTe1-y quaternary show almost linear variations on the concentration x (0.125≤x≤0.875). In addition, the simulated band structures for theZn1-xCdxSeyTe1-y quaternary exhibits a direct-gap for all concentrations. Moreover, low bowing parameters are observed. Also, some interesting optical properties such as dielectric constant, refractive index, extinction coefficient, absorption coefficient and reflectivity have been calculated by using the TB-mBJ method.  The results of our computations shows that theZn1-xCdxSeyTe1-y quaternary alloy is a promissing candidate for optoelectronic applications. It is noteworthy that the present work is the first theoretical study of the quaternary of interest using the FP-LAPW calculations.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550028 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Graine ◽  
R. Chemam ◽  
F. Z. Gasmi ◽  
R. Nouri ◽  
H. Meradji ◽  
...  

We carried out ab initio calculations of structural, electronic and optical properties of Indium nitride ( InN ) compound in both zinc blende and wurtzite phases, using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method (FP-LAPW), within the framework of density functional theory (DFT). For the exchange and correlation potential, local density approximation (LDA) and generalized gradient approximation (GGA) were used. Moreover, the alternative form of GGA proposed by Engel and Vosko (EV-GGA) and modified Becke–Johnson schemes (mBJ) were also applied for band structure calculations. Ground state properties such as lattice parameter, bulk modulus and its pressure derivative are calculated. Results obtained for band structure of these compounds have been compared with experimental results as well as other first principle computations. Our results show good agreement with the available data. The calculated band structure shows a direct band gap Γ → Γ. In the optical properties section, several optical quantities are investigated; in particular we have deduced the interband transitions from the imaginary part of the dielectric function.


2016 ◽  
Vol 257 ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salima Labidi ◽  
Jazia Zeroual ◽  
Malika Labidi ◽  
Kalthoum Klaa ◽  
Rachid Bensalem

First-principles calculations for electronic and optical properties under pressure effect of MgO, SrO and CaO compounds in the cubic structure, using a full relativistic version of the full-potential augmented plane-wave (FP-LAPW) method based on density functional theory, within the local density approximation (LDA) and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA), have been reported. Furthermore, band structure calculations have been investigated by the alternative form of GGA proposed by Engel and Vosko (GGA-EV) and modified by Becke-Johnson exchange correlation potential (MBJ-GGA). All calculated equilibrium lattices, bulk modulus and band gap at zero pressure are find in good agreement with the available reported data. The pressure dependence of band gap and the static optical dielectric constant are also investigated in this work.


2010 ◽  
Vol 663-665 ◽  
pp. 195-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Mei Cai ◽  
Yuan Luo

The electronic and optical properties of hexagonal wurtzite AlN doped with Zn and Mg are studied based on the density functional theory. The density of states, dielectric function and absorption spectra are calculated using plane-wave ultrasoft pseudo-potential and the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The absorption peaks are found during 0-13 eV and 43-48 eV in Mg doped AlN, while in Zn doped AlN, only during 0-15eV. The absorption peak about 43-48 eV found in Mg doped AlN is due to the transition of the deep 2p energy level in Mg to conduction band. The first peak of the dielectric imaginary part is related to the transition of the doped atoms. The peak of the dielectric imaginary part and absorption peak appears about 8 eV is due to the transition of N 2p to Al 3p state. Results show that the electronic and the optical properties of hexagonal wurtzite AlN are directly related to the electronic structure of the impurities in the crystal.


2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (32) ◽  
pp. 1250199 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. HARMEL ◽  
H. KHACHAI ◽  
M. AMERI ◽  
R. KHENATA ◽  
N. BAKI ◽  
...  

Density functional theory (DFT) is performed to study the structural, electronic and optical properties of cubic fluoroperovskite AMF3( A = Cs ; M = Ca and Sr ) compounds. The calculations are based on the total-energy calculations within the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method. The exchange-correlation potential is treated by local density approximation (LDA) and generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The structural properties, including lattice constants, bulk modulus and their pressure derivatives are in very good agreement with the available experimental and theoretical data. The calculations of the electronic band structure, density of states and charge density reveal that compounds are both ionic insulators. The optical properties (namely: the real and the imaginary parts of the dielectric function ε(ω), the refractive index n(ω) and the extinction coefficient k(ω)) were calculated for radiation up to 40.0 eV.


2017 ◽  
Vol 864 ◽  
pp. 127-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.H. Hussin ◽  
Mohamad Fariz Mohamad Taib ◽  
Mohd Hazrie Samat ◽  
N. Jon ◽  
Oskar Hasdinor Hassan ◽  
...  

Ferroelectric materials of lanthanum (La) doped PbZrTiO3 (PLZT) were investigated via first principles study. The structural, electronic and optical properties of PLZT in tetragonal structure (P4mm space group) were performed in the framework of density functional theory (DFT) with generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and local density approximation (LDA) methods. The calculated results of structural properties of PLZT were seen to be approximately close to the experimental data. The results of the electronic part were covered with the calculation of energy band gap and density of states (DOS). The highest valence band (VB) which lies at the Fermi level (EF) was dominated by the O 2p at F point. The conduction band (CB) of PLZT occurred at G point, which was primarily dominated by Ti 3d mixed at Pb and La p-state. Whereas the optical part was covered with the refractive index and absorption. The refractive index, n and the extinction coefficient, k were calculated with respect to photon energy. Those results obtained could be such a good prediction in studying parameters and properties of new materials.


2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (3-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. A. Bakheet ◽  
M. A. Saeed ◽  
A. R. M. Isa ◽  
R. Sahnoun

Beta-tri-calcium phosphate (β-TCP) materials have gained a great deal of research considerations in biomaterial area due to their excellent biocompatibility and identical chemical compositions to the natural teeth and bones. Therefore, the β-TCP compound can be used as coatings, cement and composites as well as biocompatible ceramics for medical and dental applications. Electronic and optical properties for β-TCP compound have been investigated using density functional theory (DFT). For the calculations, we used full potential linear augmented plane wave method (FPLAPW), within three types of approximations along with local density approximations (LDA), generalized gradient approximations (GGA) and Modified Becke-Johnson (mBJ) to get the effect of the exchange and correlation in our calculations to get an accurate results. The computed band gap values for (β-TCP) compound using LDA, GGA, and mBJ-GGA approximations are 5.5 eV, 5.9 eV and 6.8 eV respectively. This is also predicted that the chemical bonding in this compound is a kind of combination of covalent and ionic character that is in a line with the experimental findings. The optical parameter, static dielectric constant ε1(0) reaches the values of 3.23681 (eV) at 0 GPa for the β-TCP compound. The obtained results are of vital nature for rising the quality of the electronic and optical properties of this material, and provide more evidence to fabricate novel Beta-Tri-calcium phosphate biomaterials for medical and dental applications.


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1650173 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Al-Rajoub ◽  
B. Hamad

The structural, electronic and optical properties of mercury cadmium sulfide (Hg[Formula: see text]Cd[Formula: see text]S) alloys with [Formula: see text] = 0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 are studied using density functional theory (DFT) within full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FPLAPW) method. We used the local density approximation (LDA), the generalized gradient approximation (GGA), Hubbard-corrected functionals (GGA/LDA[Formula: see text]+[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]) and the modified Becke–Johnson (LDA/GGA)-mjb hybrid potentials to treat the exchange-correlation functional [Formula: see text]. We found that LDA functional predicts better lattice constants than GGA functional. Mercury sulfide (HgS) binary alloy was found to exhibit a semi-metallic behavior using all functional with an inverted band gap close to the experimental value. However, the hybrid functionals were more successful than LDA and GGA functionals to predict the correct electronic structure of Hg[Formula: see text]Cd[Formula: see text]S ternary alloys. The results of the electronic and optical band gaps are consistent for Hg[Formula: see text]Cd[Formula: see text]S ternary alloys.


2013 ◽  
Vol 333-335 ◽  
pp. 1847-1852
Author(s):  
Ming Zhu Li ◽  
Li Mei Song ◽  
Shan Wang

We perform a first-principles simulation to research the electronic and optical properties of wurtzite Zn1-xCoxO. The simulations are based on the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof form of generalized gradient approximation within the density functional theory. Calculations are carried out in different concentrations. With increasing Co concentration, the band gap of Zn1-xCoxO decreases due to the shift of valence band. Besides, it is shown that the insertion of Co atom leads to redshift of the optical absorption edge. Meanwhile, the optical constants of pure ZnO and ZnCoO alloys such as loss function, refractive index and reflectivity, are discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 320-327
Author(s):  
M. Caid ◽  
D. Rached

AbstractThe structural, electronic and optical properties of (AlSb)m/(GaSb)n (m-n: 1-1, 2-2, 1-3 and 3-1) superlattices are investigated within the density functional theory (DFT) by using the last version of the first principles full potential linear muffin tin orbital method (FP-LMTO) as implemented in LmtART 7.0 code. The exchange and correlation potential is treated by the local density approximation (LDA) for the total energy calculations. Our calculations of the band structure show that the superlattices (n ≠ 1) have a direct band gap Γ-Γ. The optical constants, including the dielectric function ϵ(w), the refractive index n(w) and the reflectivity R(w) are calculated and discussed.


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