Calculation of Carbon-Titanium-Oxygen Conductivity by First Principle
It is the hot point of the present study to obtain the metal titanium by using the carbon-titanium-oxygen electrolysis. The electrical conductivity, melting point and hardness of C-Ti-O have great influence on the feasibility of electrolysis process. In this paper, the conductivity of rutile titanium dioxide, carbon replacement solid solution (20%, 50%, 80%) and titanium carbide are calculated by first principles. It was found that the more carbon substituted rutile titanium dioxide, the better its conductivity. The electrical conductivity of objects are changed from semiconductors to good conductors. The experimental results show that the conductivity of the experimental results is higher than that of the calculated ones, which may be due to the existence of a large number of hole-excited elements.