First-principles study of electronic structure and optical properties of Sr(Ti,Zr)O3

Open Physics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulden Celik ◽  
Suleyman Cabuk

AbstractElectronic and optical properties of Sr(Ti,Zr)O3 crystals in the cubic (Pm-3m) and tetragonal (I4/mcm) phase were calculated by the first-principles calculations using the density functional theory and the local density approximation. The band structure of cubic and tetragonal phases show an indirect band gap at (R-Γ) point and at (M-Γ) point in the Brillouin zone, respectively. The linear photon-energy dependent dielectric functions and some optical properties such as the absorption coefficient, energy-loss function and reflectivity are calculated for both phases. The optical properties of tetragonal phase of Sr(Ti,Zr)O3 were investigated by theoretical methods for the first time. We have also made some comparisons with the available related experimental and theoretical data.

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.


2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 399-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zi-Jiang Liu ◽  
Xiao-Ming Tan ◽  
Yuan Guo ◽  
Xiao-Ping Zheng ◽  
Wen-Zhao Wu

The thermodynamic properties of tetragonal CaSiO3 perovskite are predicted at high pressures and temperatures using the Debye model for the first time. This model combines the ab initio calculations within local density approximation using pseudopotentials and a plane wave basis in the framework of density functional theory, and it takes into account the phononic effects within the quasi-harmonic approximation. It is found that the calculated equation of state is in excellent agreement with the observed values at ambient condition. Based on the first-principles study and the Debye model, the thermal properties including the Debye temperature, the heat capacity, the thermal expansion and the entropy are obtained in the whole pressure range from 0 to 150 GPa and temperature range from 0 to 2000 K.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (20) ◽  
pp. 1550103
Author(s):  
Jinhui Zhai ◽  
Jinguang Zhai ◽  
Ajun Wan

The electronic and optical properties of zinc-blende (zb)[Formula: see text]GeC have been investigated using first principles calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT). The obtained band gap of zb–GeC is 2.30[Formula: see text]eV by means of Heyd–Scuseria–Ernzerhof (HSE) functional. We have discussed the energy-dependent optical functions including dielectric constants, refractive index, absorption, reflectivity, and energy-loss spectrum in detail. The results reveal that zb–GeC has a higher static dielectric constant compared with that of zb–SiC. The optical functions are mainly associated with the interband transitions from the occupied valence bands (VBs) Ge[Formula: see text][Formula: see text] and C[Formula: see text][Formula: see text] states to Ge[Formula: see text][Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and C[Formula: see text][Formula: see text] states of the unoccupied conduction bands (CBs).


1994 ◽  
Vol 349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew A. Quong ◽  
Mark R. Pederson

ABSTRACTWe use the local-density-approximation to the density-functional theory to determine the axial polarizabilities of fullerene tubules as a function of length and winding topologies. Specifically, we present linear polarizabilities for tubules of composition C12H24, C36H24, C40H20 and C60H24. The size-dependent variation in the dipole-coupled gaps between pairs of occupied and unoccupied levels leads to enhancements in the polarizability per valence electron as the length of the tubule increases. The results are compared to recent densityfunctional based calculations of the linear and nonlinear polarizabilities for fullerene and benzene molecules.


2013 ◽  
Vol 373-375 ◽  
pp. 1965-1969
Author(s):  
Kun Nan Qin ◽  
Ling Zhi Zhao ◽  
Yong Mei Liu ◽  
Fang Fang Li ◽  
Chao Yang Cui

The electronic structure and optical properties of Cu-doped SnS2with Sn-substituted content of 0, 12.5 and 37.5 at.% were successfully calculated by the first principles plane-wave pseudopotentials based on the density functional theory. It is found that the intermediate belts appear near the Fermi level and the energy band gap becomes narrower after the doping of the Cu atoms. The absorption peaks show a remarkable redshift and the absorption region broadens relatively after introducing acceptor impurity level. When Sn atoms of 37.5 at% were substituted by Cu, the optical absorption coefficient is significantly improved in the frequency range below 5.58 eV and over 8.13 eV.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 315-324
Author(s):  
ZI-JIANG LIU ◽  
XIAO-WEI SUN ◽  
CAI-RONG ZHANG ◽  
LI-NA TIAN ◽  
YUAN GUO

The thermodynamic properties of MgSiO 3 post-perovskite are predicted at high pressures and temperatures using the Debye model for the first time. This model combines with ab initio calculations within local density approximation using pseudopotentials and a plane wave basis in the framework of density functional theory, and it takes into account the phononic effects within the quasi-harmonic approximation. It is found that the calculated equation of state of MgSiO 3 post-perovskite is in excellent agreement with the latest observed values. Based on the first-principles study and the Debye model, the thermal properties including the Debye temperature, the heat capacity, the thermal expansion, and the entropy are obtained in the whole pressure range from 0 to 150 GPa and temperature range from 0 to 2000 K.


2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (32) ◽  
pp. 5929-5934 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. JEONG

The electronic band structure of LuPd 2 Si 2 was studied based on the density functional theory within local density approximation and fully relativistic schemes. The Lu 4f states are completely filled and have flat bands around -5.0 eV. The fully relativistic band structure scheme shows that spin–orbit coupling splits the 4f states into two manifolds, the 4f7/2 and the 4f5/2 multiplet.


2011 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 341-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Jun Liu ◽  
Zheng Tang Liu ◽  
Li Ping Feng

Electronic structure, effective masses and optical properties of monoclinic HfO2were studied using the plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential technique based on the first-principles density-functional theory (DFT). The calculated equilibrium lattice parameters are in agreement with the previous works. From the band structure, the effective masses and optical properties are obtained. The calculated band structure shows that monoclinic HfO2has indirect band gap and all of the effective masses of electrons and holes are less than that of a free electron. The peaks position distributions of imaginary parts of the complex dielectric function have been explained according to the theory of crystal-field and molecular-orbital bonding.


SPIN ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (02) ◽  
pp. 2050014
Author(s):  
H. Absike ◽  
H. Labrim ◽  
B. Hartiti ◽  
H. Ez-Zahraouy

In this work, the structural, electronic and optical properties of Si-doped barium chalcogenide [barium sulfide (BaS)] with different Si concentrations ([Formula: see text]) are investigated by the first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT). The band structures, charge densities and complex dielectric functions of the pure as well as Si-doped BaS were presented and analyzed in detail using TB-mBJ approach by WIEN2k package. It is found that silicon concentration can control the bandgap by reducing it to values around 1.4[Formula: see text]eV and 1.6[Formula: see text]eV for 12.5% and 6.25% of Si-doped BaS, respectively. The electron charge density indicates the ionic bonding between silicon and sulfur atoms due to the high electronegativity between them. In fact, the results show that the absorption peaks of Si-doped BaS are enhanced compared with pure BaS. These results suggest that the Ba[Formula: see text]SixS original structure displays excellent physical properties thereby revealing that it is a promising material in advanced optoelectronic and solar cell applications.


2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-363
Author(s):  
Tahsin Özer

Using the density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the structural optimization of the YAl3 compound was performed on the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) with quantum ESPRESSO (QE) software. Elastic constants were calculated after the optimization process. Polycrystalline quantities, such as bulk and shear modulus, Young’s modulus, and Poisson’s ratio, were determined using calculated elastic constants. The anisotropy of the compound was studied in detail. As a result of the calculations made, it was observed that the YAl3 compound exhibited mechanically stable structure and anisotropic behavior. In the ht2-YAl3 phase, the effect of pressure on physical properties was investigated in detail. The obtained results were compared with the existing experimental and other theoretical data.


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