新半金属材料CrFe2O4的电子结构

基于第一性原理,优化了含Cr的高温相尖晶石结构材料(CrxFe1-x)A(CryFe2-y)BO4 的几何结构,并对它们的磁电性能进行了计算.基十配位场理论分析了 CrFe2O4) 的电子结构及其具有半金属性的微观机制.计算表明,仅当x=1.0、y=0.0 时,(CrxFe1-x)A (CrvFe2-y)BO4具有半金属性.CrFe2O4 是典型的亚铁磁性耦合的IIB 监理工程型半金属,其分子磁矩约为5.6μB,大于Fe3O4 的4.0μB.在CrFe2O4 的四面体晶体场中,中心离子的电子结构可近似写为Cr+t12gt32g↓; 八面体晶体场中,中心离子的电子结构可近似写为 Fe2+t32g↓e2e↓t12g↓.CrFe2O4具有半金属性的原因是在配合物 ML4和 ML6 中,中心离子与周围 O 配体间存在强烈的共价键作用,该作用使中心离子与 O 配体间形成杂化轨道,导致自旋向上子带被撕裂,进一步使费米面止好处于自旋向上子带带隙中.     

铁磁性过渡离子掺杂对纤锌矿相硫化锌电子结构的影响

通过第一性原理计算,优化了铁磁性过渡离子掺杂的纤锌矿相硫化锌Fm0.125Zn0.875S(Fm=Fe、Co、Ni)的几何结构,计算了其电子结构,分析了其半金属性及其微观机制。结果表明:对不同的铁磁性杂质离子,Fm0.125Zn0.875S在费米面处的自旋极化率均为-100%,具有半金属性,是潜在的优质自旋注入材料。Fm0.125Zn0.875S具有较宽的自旋带隙,从而具有较高的居里温度和广泛的应用前景。Fe0.125Zn0.875S、Co0.125Zn0.875S和Ni0.125Zn0.875S的2×2×1超胞的磁矩分别为3.96μB、2.90μB和2.00μB,主要来自于铁磁性过渡离子Fe、Co和Ni离子。这3种离子的电子结构分别为eg2↑eg1↓t2g3↑,eg2↑eg2↓t2g3↑和eg2↑eg2↓t2g3↑t2g1↓。     

几种纤锌矿相半金属铁磁体磁学性能的第一原理研究

通过基于密度泛函理论的第一原理计算,优化了纤锌矿结构的化合物TmZn15S16(Tm=V,Cr,Mn)的几何结构,并研究了它们的磁学性能.结果表明:TmZn15S16均为典型的半金属铁磁体,它们的超胞磁矩分别为3.0099μB,3.9977μB和5.0092μB;这些磁矩主要来源于被掺入的过渡元素;CrZn15S16的半金属特性比VZn15S16和MnZn15S16更稳定;这些半金属铁磁体的半金属带隙均比较宽,表明它们可能具有较高的居里温度;TmZn15S16中杂质过渡离子的电子结构分别为V:eg2↑t12g↑,Cr:eg2↑t22g↑和Mn:eg2↑t32g↑.     

双钙钛矿Sr2-xLaxCrReO6的电子结构和磁性

采用密度泛函理论(DFT)在广义梯度近似(GGA)下的平面波超软赝势法, 研究了Sr2-xLaxCrReO6(x=0, 0.25, 0.5, 1)的晶体结构、电子结构和磁性. 通过几何结构优化, 得到了材料的晶格常数、电子和自旋分布以及磁矩的大小. 分析了La电子掺杂对Sr2CrReO6材料结构的影响, 发现当La掺杂浓度较小(x<1)时, Sr2-xLaxCrReO6仍保持半金属特性, 但刚好在费米面以下自旋向上的电子密度逐渐增大, 自旋向下能带的带隙增加, 总磁矩减小; 当掺杂浓度较大(x=1)时, Sr2-xLaxCrReO6从具有亚铁磁半金属性转化为铁磁金属性.     

同结构GdIIIMII(M=Cu，Ni，Co，Fe，Mn)配合物磁性理论研究

基于DFT-BS方法,在不同泛函方法和基组下计算[CuIIGdIII{pyCO(OEt)py C(OH)(OEt)py}3]2+及3d-Gd异金属配合物的磁耦合常数,结果表明,PBE0/TZVP(Gd为SARC-DKH-TZVP)水平可用于描述其磁学性质。顺磁中心CuII、GdIII与桥联配位氧原子间存在较强的轨道相互作用,其磁轨道主要由GdIII的4fz3、4fz(x2-y2)轨道、CuII的3dx2-y2轨道和桥联配位原子O的p轨道组成。顺磁中心CuII离子以自旋离域作用为主,GdIII离子以自旋极化作用为主,顺磁中心CuII自旋离域作用对桥联氧原子的影响大于顺磁中心GdIII的自旋极化作用。在同结构3d-Gd配合物中,随着MII离子未成对电子的增加,顺磁中心间自旋密度平方差越大,顺磁中心MII和GdIII之间的反铁磁性贡献越大,其磁耦合常数越小。     

Mn掺杂GaN的电子结构及光学性质

采用基于密度泛函理论(DFT)的第一性原理平面波赝势法(PWP)计算Mn掺杂GaN(Ga1-xMnN)晶体的电子结构及光学性质,详细讨论掺杂后电子结构的变化.计算表明,Mn掺杂GaN使得Mn 3d与N 2p轨道杂化,产生自旋极化杂质带,Ga1-xMnxN表现为半金属性,非常适于自旋注入,说明该种材料是实现自旋电子器件的理想材料.另结合实验结果分析掺杂后体系的光学性质,发现吸收谱在1.3 eV处出现吸收峰,吸收系数随Mn2+浓度增加而增大.分析表明,该峰是源于Mn2+离子e态与t2态间的带内跃迁.     

过渡元素掺杂Fe_3O_4(001)表面磁电性能的理论研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,计算Fe_3O_4,Fe_3O_4(001)表面以及过渡元素掺杂表面的电子结构和磁性。结果表明Fe_3O_4的半金属性主要来源于B位Fe离子,并且Fe的3d轨道发生强烈自旋极化;比较(001)表面不同终端A和B终端的表面能和电子结构,得出两种终端稳定性存在差异且A终端较稳定同时表现半金属性;由过渡元素V、Cr、Mn、Co、Cu和Zn取代Fe_3O_4(001)表面A终端A位Fe进行掺杂,形成的6种新表面结构都保持了半金属性。对比它们的表面能和磁矩,Mn掺杂的表面结构最稳定并且磁矩明显增大。     

单锰取代的Keggin型多酸吸附大气小分子X(X=H_2O,N_2,O_2,NO,N_2O,CO和CO_2)的密度泛函理论计算研究（英文）

基于密度泛函理论(DFT)M06L方法对一系列单锰取代的Keggin型POM吸附大气小分子X(X=H_2O,N2,O_2,NO,N_2O,CO和CO_2)配合物的分子几何,电子结构和成键性质进行了系统研究。由于POM的多阴离子性质,铯盐Cs_4[PW_(11)O_(39)Mn~ⅢH_2O]被用来考虑抗衡离子效应。DFT-M06L计算表明,当改变4个Cs抗衡阳离子的位置时,多酸阴离子的几何结构和电子结构参数几乎没有变化。当不考虑抗衡离子效应,在气相和溶液中单独优化多酸阴离子([PW_(11)O_(39)Mn~ⅢH_2O]~(4-))时,其主要几何和电子参数没有显著变化。比较不同自旋态的能量表明[PW_(11)O39Mn~ⅢX]~(4-)(X=H_2O、N2、N_2O、CO和CO_2)的最低能量态是高自旋五重态,[PW_(11)O39Mn~ⅢX]~(4-)为三重态,而[PW_(11)O_(39)Mn~ⅢNO]~(4-)则为双重态。这些大气小分子在类卟啉POM配体上的吸附能量按照以下顺序增加:N2N_2OCO≈CO_2O_2H_2ONO。POM-Mn-NO配合物具有较大的吸附能。Mulliken布居分析表明,NO配体与多酸中Mn~Ⅲ中心的相互作用主要来自于中间自旋态的Mn~Ⅲ中心与NO·分子之间的反铁磁性耦合相互作用。     

三角晶格反铁磁CuFeO2的磁性和电子结构

基于广义梯度近似(GGA)的密度泛函理论(DFT), 通过构造铁磁(FM), 阻挫的三角非共线反铁磁(FAFM)、上上下下型共线反铁磁(↑↑↓↓AFM)三种不同磁性构型, 从非共线磁性结构计算出发, 优化了低温铜铁矿CuFeO2晶体材料的几何结构, 研究了磁性结构对电子结构、能隙和磁矩等的作用. 计算发现上上下下型反铁磁自旋排列能促进能隙形成, 总能降低, 磁矩增大. 由于上上下下型反铁磁与阻挫三角非共线反铁磁相能量接近, 外场的作用容易导致磁性结构相变到阻挫的三角反铁磁态, 其电子态密度分布与X光发射光谱测得的结果一致, 即具有高自旋的Fe离子3d电子自旋向上的子带中心位于Cu 3d能态之下, O 2p能态以上, 而且配位场理论分析表明Fe离子3d态自旋向下的空轨道为铁电极化提供了有利的化学环境.     

三角晶格反铁磁CuFeO_2的磁性和电子结构

基于广义梯度近似(GGA)的密度泛函理论(DPT),,通过构造铁磁(FM),阻挫的三角非共线反铁磁(FAFM)、上上下下型共线反铁磁(↑↑↓↓AFM)三种不同磁性构型,从非共线磁性结构计算出发.优化了低温铜铁矿CuFeO_2晶体材料的几何结构,研究了磁性结构对电子结构、能隙和磁矩等的作用.计算发现上上下下型反铁磁自旋排列能促进能隙形成,总能降低,磁矩增大.由于上上下下型反铁磁与阻挫三角非共线反铁磁相能量接近,外场的作用容易导致磁性结构相变到阻挫的三角反铁磁态,其电子态密度分布与X光发射光谱测得的结果一致,即具有高自旋的Fe离子3d电子自旋向上的子带中心位于Cu3d能态之下,O2p能态以上,而且配位场理论分析表明Fe离子3d态自旋向下的空轨道为铁电极化提供了有利的化学环境.     

纳米钙钛矿LaxSr1-xFe1-yCoyO3复合氧化物的制备和表征

用甘氨酸-硝酸盐燃烧合成法，制备La_xSr_1-xFe_1-yCo_yO₃复合氧化物的陶瓷粉末，对该钙钛矿型氧化物进行了XRD、IR、紫外漫反射光谱及循环伏安曲线分析。结果表明：该复合氧化物粉体平均晶粒为15.3～29.8 nm,为立方和正交晶系。该氧电极具有双功能催化特性，但不完全可逆。对水溶液染料进行光解实验，利用紫外-可见、人工神经网络光度法研究La_xSr_1-xFe_1-yCo_yO₃的催化性能。结果表明：CO²⁺的加入可使La_xSr_1-xFeO₃的光催化活性有所提高，B位离子(Fe³⁺，CO²⁺)改变与加入，使La_xSr_1-xFe_1-yCo_yO₃(x=0.7，0.3；y=0.3，0.9，1)光催化活性高于La_xSr_1-xFeO₃。同时，对5种染料进行紫外光解，在0.75 h，脱色率大于91%，并为动力学一级反应。     

First Principle Calculation of Electric and Magnetic Properties for New Half-metal Fe2ScO4

The new half-metals Fe2ScO4 and FeSc2O4 were designed and their spinel structures were optimized based on the first-principle pseudo-potential method. Their electric and magnetic properties including molecular magnetic moments and electronic structures were calculated and analyzed, and then were compared with those of Fe3O4. The calculation showed that Fe2ScO4 and FeSc2O4 were both new ferromagnetic II B-type half-metals, but Fe3O4 was ferrimagnetic. The molecular magnetic moment of Fe2ScO4 is about 7.28 1B, which is much larger than the 4.0 1B of Fe3O4 and 3.96 1B of Fe2ScO4. The molecular magnetic moment of Fe2ScO4 mainly came from the spin-polarization of Fe3d electrons. Also, the conductance of Fe2ScO4 was a little larger than that of Fe3O4. For Fe2ScO4, the average electronic structure of Sc on A-sites wasSc+3s23p43d2 and that of Fe on B-sites was Fe2+t2g3↑"tg2↑"t2g↓. It can be predicted that the new half-metal Fe2ScO4 has wider application ground in spin electronic instruments because of its larger magnetoresistance compared to Fe3O4 and FeSc2O4.     

Tunable electrical and magnetic properties of half-metallic Zn(x)Fe(3-x)O4 from first principles

The electrical and magnetic properties of Zn-doped Fe(3)O(4) at different doping concentrations of Zn have been investigated using a density functional method with generalized-gradient approximation corrected for on-site Coulombic interactions. The electronic structure calculation predicts that Zn(x)Fe(3-x)O(4) (0 ≤x≤ 0.875) is half-metallic with a full spin polarization. The hopping carrier concentration of Zn(x)Fe(3-x)O(4) decreases with increasing x, which indicates a distinct increase in the resistivity. The saturation magnetization of Zn(x)Fe(3-x)O(4) increases evidently with increasing x from x = 0 to x = 0.75 (i.e. from 4.0 to 8.3 μ(B)/f.u.) and then decreases rapidly to zero at x = 1. The robust half-metallicity, large tunability of electrical and magnetic properties of a Zn doped Fe(3)O(4) system make it a promising functional material for spintronic applications.     

Photomagnetic K(0.25)Ni(1-x)Co(x)[Fe(CN)6]·nH2O and K(0.25)Co[Fe(CN)6](0.75y)[Cr(CN)6](0.75(1-y))·nH2O Prussian blue analogue solid solutions

Magnetically bistable solid solutions of Prussian blue analogues with chemical formulas of K(α)Ni(1-x)Co(x)[Fe(CN)(6)](β)·nH(2)O (Ni(1-x)Co(x)Fe) and K(α)Co(γ)[Fe(CN)(6)](y)[Cr(CN)(6)](1-y)·nH(2)O (CoFe(y)Cr(1-y)) have been synthesized and studied using mass spectrometry, M?ssbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, temperature-dependent infrared spectroscopy, and dc magnetometry. These compounds provide insight into interfaces between the photomagnetic Co-Fe Prussian blue analogue and the high-T(C) Ni-Cr Prussian blue analogue that exist in high-T(C) photomagnetic heterostructures. This investigation shows that the bistability of Co-Fe is strongly modified by metal substitution, with Ni(1-x)Co(x)Fe stabilizing high-spin cobalt-iron pairs and CoFe(y)Cr(1-y) stabilizing low-spin cobalt-iron pairs, while both types of substitution cause a dramatic decrease in the bistability of the material.     

分子动力学模拟研究β-BAB2O4熔体的结构

The local structure of β-BaB2O4 melt at 1400 K has been studied by using the method of molecular dynamics simulation. The radial functions simulated show agreement with the recent experimental results of X-ray diffraction. The calculation of bond order parameters indicates that the local structure of the melt can be described by the model of linear combination of 0.11 tetrahedrons BO4 and 0.89 planar triangles BO3. In the process of crystal growth the existing of many planar triangles BO3 in the melt maybe favorable for the forming of planar boroxol rings B3O6 near the crystal interface. The statistics of rings and chains have been done and some isolated BO3, pyroborate B2O5,chain（－B－O－）n and isolated B3O6 rings are found in the melt which is in agreement with HTRS experimental results. A large (－B－O－)n network is also found and it is suggested that the planar BO3 units are mainly existed in the network but isolated.     

Mixed metallic Ba(Co,Fe)X(0.2)O(3-δ) (X = F, Cl) hexagonal perovskites: drastic effect of Fe-incorporation on structural and electronic features

Starting from the parent 10H-Ba(5)Co(5)X(1-x)O(13-δ) (trimeric strings of face-sharing CoO(6) octahedra with terminal CoO(4) tetrahedra, stacking sequence (chhch')(2)) and 6H-Ba(6)Co(6)X(1-x)O(16-δ) (similar with tetrameric strings, stacking sequence chhhch') hexagonal perovskites forms (X = F, Cl; c, h = [BaO(3)] layers ; h' = [BaOX(1-y)] layers), we show here that the Fe incorporation leads to large domains of solid solutions for both X = F and Cl but exclusively stabilizes the 10H-form independently of the synthesis method. In this form, the lowest concentration of h-layers is stabilized by a sensitive metal reduction with increasing the Fe ratio. In a more general context of competition between several hexagonal perovskite polymorphs available for most of the transition metals, this redox change is most probably the key factor driving 1D (face-sharing chains) to 3D (corner-sharing) connectivities. Strikingly, ND data evidence the location of oxygen deficiencies in the tetrahedral (Co/Fe) coordination. This effect is exaggerated at high temperature, while (Co/Fe)O(4-δ) coordinations are completed by the displacement of X(-) anions toward the (Co/Fe) sphere of coordination following a "push-and-pull" mechanism within h'-[BaOX(1-y)] layers. The Fe-incorporation is also accompanied by increasing conduction gaps with predominant 1D variable range hopping. The full series show antiferromagnetic behavior with increasing T(N) as [Fe] increases. For Fe-rich compounds T(N) is estimated about 600 K, as rarely observed for hexagonal perovskite compounds. Finally, magnetic structures of all iron-doped compounds show a site-to-site AFM ordering, different of the magnetic structure of Co-only parent compounds. Here, DFT calculations predict low-spin octahedral Co configurations, but high-spin Fe species in the same sites.     

Large thermal conductivity reduction induced by La/O vacancies in the thermoelectric LaCoO3 system

A series of compact La/O-vacant La(1-x)CoO(3-y) compounds were prepared by a cold high-pressure procedure, and their thermoelectric (TE) properties were investigated. Compared with the ion-substituted hole-type LaCoO(3) systems (e.g., La(1-x)Sr(x)CoO(3)), the thermal conduction of La(1-x)CoO(3-y) is noticeably reduced by the La/O vacancies, whereas the electric transport is less influenced, which results in an efficient ZT enhancement. We demonstrate that the large thermal conductivity reduction originates from the strong point-defect scattering, and La(1-x)CoO(3-y) can be rationalized as a partially filled solid solution: La(1-x)?(x)CoO(3-y)?(y), where ? denotes a vacancy. Such intrinsic thermal conductivity suppression provides an effective pathway for the design of better TE materials.     

Suppression of magnetic order in Sr3Fe2O4Cl2 by Fe-site substitution by cobalt

The low-temperature topotactic reduction of Sr(3)Fe(2-x)Co(x)O(5)Cl(2) oxychloride phases with LiH allows the preparation of phases of composition Sr(3)Fe(2-x)Co(x)O(4)Cl(2) (0 ≤ x ≤ 1). The reduced phases adopt body-centered tetragonal structures which are isostructural with Sr(3)Fe(2)O(4)Cl(2) and contain square-planar (Fe/Co)O(4) centers connected into apex-linked sheets, analogous to the CuO(2) sheets present in superconducting cuprate phases. As the cobalt concentration in Sr(3)Fe(2-x)Co(x)O(4)Cl(2) is increased the antiferromagnetic order of the Sr(3)Fe(2)O(4)Cl(2) host phase is suppressed, ultimately leading to spin-glass behavior, at low temperature, in Sr(3)Fe(2-x)Co(x)O(4)Cl(2) phases with x ≥ 0.8. The limited influence of cobalt substitution on the reactions which form the Sr(3)Fe(2-x)Co(x)O(4)Cl(2) phases is discussed and contrasted to that of the related SrFeO(3-δ)-SrFeO(2) system.