In掺杂ZnTe发光性能的第一性原理计算

利用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理对In掺入ZnTe半导体后引入的各种缺陷进行了结构优化、 能带和态密度分析及转换能级的计算. 计算结果表明: 掺杂后体系中主要存在两种缺陷, 一种是In原子替换了Zn原子的置换型缺陷; 另一种是由In替换Zn后再与临近的Zn空位形成的复合缺陷. 二者分别在导带底下方0.26 eV和价带顶上方0.33 eV的位置形成各自的转换能级. 电子在这两个转换能级之间跃迁辐射出的能量大小与实验测量到的能量大小相符, 解释了原本发绿光的ZnTe在掺入In后发出近红外光的根本原因. 关键词： ZnTe 半导体掺杂 近红外光 第一性原理     

First-principles calculations of oxygen vacancies and cerium substitution in lutetium pyrosilicate

Cerium-doped lutetium pyrosilicate (LPS:Ce) has attracted much attention for its extensive applications. However, oxygen vacancies will lower its luminescent efficiency. The charge transfer transition between cerium ions and neighboring oxygen vacancies has a long decay time. First-principles calculations on oxygen vacancies, cerium substitution and their complexes in LPS have been performed to research their influence on luminescence. The bridging-oxygen vacancy has the lowest formation energy among oxygen vacancies. We discuss the process of luminescence quenching due to oxygen vacancies. The cerium substitution is less favorable in the oxygen-rich condition. The defect complex of the cerium substitution and bridging-oxygen vacancy has the lowest formation energy among defect complexes. The charge transfer transition between cerium ions and neighboring oxygen vacancies is not related to it but to other two defect complexes. All defect complexes have high formation energies in oxygen-rich condition. We discuss the density of states of perfect and defective crystals.     

Electronic Structure and Optical Property Calculation of an Oxygen Vacancy in NH_4H_2PO_4 Crystals

The electronic structure of perfect ammonium dihydrogen phosphate(ADP) and defective ADP with an oxygen(O) vacancy are calculated by screened-exchange hybrid density functional HSE06. The optimized structural parameters of the defective ADP crystal are analyzed. The PO_4 tetrahedron with an O vacancy is distorted and its symmetry is broken. The band gap of the defective ADP with an O vacancy is about 1.5 eV lower than the perfect ADP, which is due to the new O vacancy defect states near the valence band maximum. Moreover, more peaks appear in the low-energy region(lower than 6 eV) in the curves of the linear optical properties for the defective ADP. The results indicate that the O vacancy will significantly influence the laser damage performance of ADP crystals.     

First-principles calculations of structural, electronic, optical and elastic properties of magnesite MgCO3 and calcite CaCO3

Detailed ab initio calculations of the structural, electronic, optical and elastic properties of two crystals - magnesite (MgCO₃) and calcite (CaCO₃) - are reported in the present paper. Both compounds are important natural minerals, playing an important role in the carbon dioxide cycling. The optimized crystal structures, band gaps, density of states diagrams, elastic constants, optical absorption spectra and refractive indexes dependence on the wavelength all have been calculated and compared, when available, with literature data. Both crystals are indirect band compounds, with calculated band gaps of 5.08 eV for MgCO₃ and 5.023 eV for CaCO₃. Both values are underestimated by approximately 1.0 eV with respect to the experimental data. Although both crystals have the same structure, substitution of Mg by Ca ions leads to certain differences, which manifest themselves in noticeable change in the electronic bands profiles and widths, shape of the calculated absorption spectra, and values of the elastic constants. Response of both crystals to the applied hydrostatic pressure was analyzed in the pressure range of phase stability, variations of the lattice parameters and characteristic interionic distances were considered. The obtained dependencies of lattice constants and calculated band gap on pressure can be used for prediction of properties of these two hosts at elevated pressures that occur in the Earth's mantle.     

On the Mollwo-Ivey relation of the F band

Extension of a color center model presented earlier results in a more satisfying Mollwo-Ivey relationship. Effective masses are obtained in good agreement with those found from cyclotron resonance. The energy of the β band can be calculated from vacancy energetics, and it explains the old observation of the relationship of the energy of the F band with the fundamental absorption band in alkali halide crystals.     

Relative energies of surface and defect states: ab initio calculations for the MgO (001) surface

We present the results of calculations of the energy levels of defects at the (001) surface of MgO relative to the top of the valence band and values of defect ionisation potentials and electron affinities. The calculations were made using an embedded cluster method in which a cluster of several tens of ions treated quantum mechanically is embedded in a finite array of polarisable and point ions modelling the crystalline potential and the classical polarisation of the host lattice. The calculated ionisation potential of the ideal surface, which fixes the position of the top of the valence band with respect to the vacuum level, is about 6.7 eV. This value is used as a reference for positioning the energy levels of three charge states of a surface anion vacancy, which are also calculated as ionisation energies with respect to the vacuum level. The surface and vacancy electron affinities are calculated using the same method. As a prototype low-coordinated surface site, we have considered a cube corner. Our calculations predict the splitting of the corner states from the top of the surface valence band by about 1.0 eV. Both unrelaxed and relaxed holes are strongly localised at the corner oxygen ion. The ionisation energies and electron affinities of the corner anion vacancy are calculated. The electrons in the F and F⁺ centres at the corner are shown to be significantly delocalised over surrounding Mg ions.     

Oxygen vacancy in N-doped Cu₂ O crystals:A density functional theory study

The N-doping effects on the electronic properties of Cu2O crystals are investigated using density functional theory.The calculated results show that N-doped Cu2O with or without oxygen vacancy exhibits different modifications of electronic band structure.In N anion-doped Cu2O,some N 2p states overlap and mix with the O2p valence band,leading to a slight narrowing of band gap compared with the undoped Cu2O.However,it is found that the coexistence of both N impurity and oxygen vacancy contributes to band gap widening which may account for the experimentally observed optical band gap widening by N doping.     

Electronic structures of mixed ionic-electronic conductors SrCoOx

Electronic structures of SrCoO_x with x=3, 2.875 and 2.75 were calculated by DFT technique in SLDA approximation. Two kinds of oxygen vacancy ordering with energies of 0.22 and 0.01 eV lower in comparison with random vacancy distribution were revealed. The transition between these ordered vacancy systems with the activation energy 0.34 eV can be a step in the ionic conductivity mechanism. The calculated ion charges, magnetic moments and electron density of states were used to analyze chemical bonding in the crystals. All calculated compounds have metal electronic conductivity.     

LiF中空位形成能的第一性原理计算

采用平面波展开和基于密度泛函理论框架下的第一性原理赝势法,计算了102GPa下LiF化合物中Li空位和F空位的形成能及空间周围的原子弛豫,讨论了空位形成时电荷密度的重新分布,相应的电子态密度以及能带结构等性质.结果表明:LiF晶体中F空位的形成能比大于Li空位的形成能;F空位对LiF晶体的电子结构等性质的影响要比Li空位的大.     

LiF中空位形成能的第一性原理计算

采用平面波展开和基于密度泛函理论框架下的第一性原理赝势法,计算了102GPa下LiF化合物中Li空位和F空位的形成能及空间周围的原子弛豫,讨论了空位形成时电荷密度的重新分布,相应的电子态密度以及能带结构等性质.结果表明:LiF晶体中F空位的形成能比大于Li空位的形成能;F空位对LiF晶体的电子结构等性质的影响要比Li空位的大.     

弹性波通过一维复合材料系统的透射性质

提出了不同结构的一维弹性波复合材料系统模型,包括一维周期结构声子晶体、标准Fibonacci准周期结构声子晶体、广义Fibonacci准周期结构声子晶体以及完全无序结构的复合材料系统. 采用模式匹配理论法,数值计算了弹性波通过一维复合材料系统的透射系数. 计算结果表明,利用特殊的准周期结构声子晶体可获得比周期结构声子晶体更宽的带隙范围,准周期结构排列的复合材料系统相当于在周期结构中引入了缺陷体一样,带隙内出现了丰富的局域模式. 对弹性波/声波在复合材料系统中局域态性质的研究有助于弹性波/声波滤波器、导波器 关键词： 弹性波复合材料 局域化     

改善Si3N4俘获层过擦现象的第一性原理研究

采用第一性原理方法对如何改善电荷俘获存储器的过擦现象进行了研究. 过擦是由于氮空位中Si原子对电荷的局域能力弱导致, 因此, 在Si₃N₄超胞中分别建立了以C, N, O替换氮空位中的Si原子的缺陷结构作为本文的研究模型. 分别计算了擦写之后体系的巴德电荷分布、相互作用能、态密度, 借以分析替位原子对过擦的影响. 巴德电荷分布的计算结果表明, Si₃N₄在O替位128号Si后的过擦现象被明显改善; C替位128号Si也可以改善过擦, 但由于C替位对电荷的局域作用变弱, 不利于电荷的存储实现; N替位128号Si则不能改善过擦; 而在162和196号Si位置, 三种原子的替换均无法改善过擦现象. 相互作用能的研究表明, 在128号Si位置, 三种原子都能够和氮空位形成团簇, 在体系中稳定存在. 特别地, O替位Si后, 体系中两缺陷的相互吸引作用最弱, 从而写入的电荷能够短暂的打破O团簇的稳定性, 实现电荷重构, 将电荷局域在O团簇周围. 此外, 态密度的分析结果表明O在128号Si位置能够在Si₃N₄禁带中引入深能级缺陷, 深能级局域电荷的能力强. 以上分析证明, O替位可以很好的改善Si₃N₄中的过擦现象. 本文的研究结果为电荷俘获存储器改善过擦提供了一种方法, 对提高器件的电荷保持特性和优化存储窗口具有指导意义.     

纤锌矿ZnO：Cu体系空位缺陷的电磁特性理论研究

ZnO:Cu体系具有p型导电性并出现室温铁磁性,但是对于其磁性来源还颇有争议.用Cu掺杂ZnO晶体容易增加空位缺陷产生的几率,从而使ZnO:Cu体系产生磁性.因此,本文采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理平面波超软赝势法对ZnO:Cu及其本征空位缺陷体系进行了理论研究,分别计算分析了ZnO:Cu超晶胞中相对Cu为近邻、次近邻、远近邻位置锌空位和氧空位的出现后体系的晶格结构、形成能、能带结构、态密度以及磁矩,以便准确合理地对其电磁特性进行判定.结果表明,ZnO:Cu远近邻VZn容易形成且其费米能级附近态密度较无缺陷体系增大,导电性增强;而含VO的缺陷体系禁带远远增大且变为间接带隙半导体,其费米能级处的态密度几乎不变或微弱减小,导电性无增强.Cu近邻VZn和VO的引入会导致ZnO:Cu掺杂系统的磁性相几乎或完全消失,但较远VO的出现无法显著改变磁性,较远VZn的出现使体系磁性增强.因此,在实验过程中要实现ZnO:Cu掺杂体系的良好电磁特性,应尽量避免Cu近邻VZn和VO的出现,而有效利用远近邻锌空位缺陷.     

First-principles calculations on electronic structures of Fe-vacancy-codoped TiO2 anatase (1 0 1) surface

The electronic structures of Fe-doped TiO₂ anatase (1 0 1) surfaces have been investigated by all spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT) plane-wave pseudopotential method. The general gradient approximation (GGA)+U (Hubbard coefficient) method has been adopted to describe the exchange-correlation effects. Through the density functional calculations for the formation energies of various configurations, the complex of a substitutional Fe plus an O vacancy was found to form easily in the most range of O chemical potential. The calculated density of the states of the system of Fe-doped surface with a surface oxygen vacancy shows a band gap narrowing from 2.8 to 1.9 eV comparing with the pure surface due to the synergistic effects of surface Fe impurities with O vacancies. The system processes high visible light sensitivity and photocatalytic ability by decreasing extrinsic absorption energy. By comparing the partial DOS of some O and Ti atoms lying in the outermost and bottom layers of Fe-doped surfaces, it was found that the influence of Fe impurities on the electronic structure of the system is localized.     

Oxygen vacancy in N-doped Cu2O crystals: A density functional theory study

The N-doping effects on the electronic properties of Cu2O crystals are investigated using density functional theory. The calculated results show that N-doped Cu2O with or without oxygen vacancy exhibits different modifications of electronic band structure. In N anion-doped Cu2O, some N 2p states overlap and mix with the O 2p valence band, leading to a slight narrowing of band gap compared with the undoped Cu2O. However, it is found that the coexistence of both N impurity and oxygen vacancy contributes to band gap widening which may account for the experimentally observed optical band gap widening by N doping.     

Ce和O空位共掺杂TiO_2的电子结构与光学性质

采用基于密度泛函理论加U的计算方法,研究了Ce和O空位单(共)掺杂锐钛矿相TiO_2的电子结构和光吸收性质.计算结果表明,Ce和O空位共掺杂TiO_2的带隙中出现了杂质能级,且带隙窄化为2.67 eV,明显比纯TiO_2和Ce,O空位单掺杂TiO_2的要小,因而可提高TiO_2对可见光的响应能力,使TiO_2的光吸收范围增加.光吸收谱显示,掺杂后TiO_2的光吸收边发生了显著红移;在400.0—677.1 nm的可见光区,共掺杂体系的光吸收强度显著高于纯TiO_2和Ce单掺杂TiO_2,而略低于O空位单掺杂TiO_2.此外,Ce掺杂TiO_2中引入O空位后,TiO_2的导带边从-0.27 eV变化为-0.32 eV,这表明TiO_2的导带边的还原能力得到了加强.计算结果为Ce和O空位共掺杂TiO_2在可见光光解水方面的进一步研究提供了有力的理论依据.     

Vacancy defects in delafossite СuАlO<Subscript>2</Subscript>: First-principles calculations

Electronic properties and formation energies of vacancy defects in delafossite CuAlO₂ have been investigated by using the first-principles density functional theory. The band structures and density of states of various vacancy defects have been obtained and analyzed. The results show that the V _Cu systems with different charge states influence the type of conductivity. The introduced vacancy defects enhance the hybridization between O-2p and Cu-3d states, which is good for p-type conductivity. The calculated formation energies indicate that the Cu vacancy is relatively easy to form and it trends to have positive charge.     

PbWO4晶体空位型缺陷电子结构的研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的相对论性离散变分和嵌入团簇方法计算了PbWO4晶体中与氧空位和铅空位相关缺陷的态密度分布,并运用过渡态方法计算了其激发能.结果表明:PbWO4晶体中WO3+VO缺陷的O2p→W5d跃迁可引起350nm和420nm附近的吸收,并且发现VPb的存在可以使WO42基团的禁带宽度明显变小 关键词： PbWO4晶体 密度泛函 氧空位和铅空位 态密度分布     

Calculation of the X-Ray emission K and L 2,3 bands of metallic magnesium and aluminum with allowance for multielectron effects

A procedure is proposed to calculate the shape of the characteristic X-ray emission bands of metals with allowance for multielectron effects. The effects of the dynamic screening of a core vacancy by conduction electrons and the Auger effect in the valence band are taken into account. The dynamic screening of a core vacancy, which is known to be called the MND (Mahan-Nozeieres-De Dominics) effect, is taken into account by an ab initio band calculation of crystals using the PAW (projected augmented waves) method. The Auger effect is taken into account by a semiempirical method using the approximation of a quadratic dependence of the level width in the valence band on the difference between the level energy and the Fermi energy. The proposed calculation procedure is used to describe the X-ray emission K and L _2,3 bands of metallic magnesium and aluminum crystals. The calculated spectra agree well with the experimental bands both near the Fermi level and in the low-energy part of the spectra in all cases.     

Effect of point defects on electronic and magnetic properties of single-layer SiO

Based on spin-polarised density functional theory calculations, we investigated the effect of point defects on electronic and magnetic properties of the single-layer (SL) asymmetric washboard silicon oxide (aw-SiO). The SL-aw-SiO is a counterpart of black phosphorene, and a new candidate of two-dimensional material family. This structure is dynamically and thermally stable and is a nonmagnetic semiconductor with a direct band gap. We found that single vacancy and divacancy give rise to significant change in the electronic and magnetic properties of SL-aw-SiO. The band gap of aw-SiO can be tuned by the substitution of Si atom instead of O atom, the antisite defect, the O atom vacancy and two atom vacancies. In addition, impurity states due to the defects can occur in the band continua and hence the band gap of aw-SiO is reduced. Having an integer magnetic moment, SL-aw-SiO upon Si vacancy and by substitution of O atom instead of Si atom may display half-metallic features.