Magnetic properties of nitrogen doped ZnO

Using the first principle method based on density functional theory,this paper studies the electronic structure and the ferromagnetic stability in N-doped ZnO.The calculated results based on local density approximation(LDA) and LDA+U method show that ferromagnetism coupling between N atoms is more energetically favourable for eight geometrically distinct configurations.The dominant ferromagnetic interaction is due to the hybridization between O 2p and N 2p.The origin of the ferromagnetic state in N doped ZnO is discussed by analysing coupling between N 2p levels.We also analyse N dopant concentration and lattice strain effect on ferromagnetism.     

Lattice strain and p-d repulsion affecting electronic structure of wurtzite Zn1-xCdxO alloys

In the paper, density of states, band structure and electron density difference of Zn1-xCdxO are calculated by first principles, here x varies from 0 to 0.75 at intervals of 0.125, and the band gap obtained from band structure changes from 0.968 eV to 0.043 eV. The lattice strain and p-d repulsion theory are used to investigate variation of the band gap, the results obtained show that the variation is mainly due to the lattice tensile strain. The p-d repulsion in Zn1-xCdxO cannot be neglected. In addition, electron density difference can be used to verify the results.