Effect of vacancies on magnetic behaviors of Cu-doped 6H-SiC |
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Authors: | Yu Li Yan Bao Quan Men Guang Sheng Liu Hai Wu Zheng |
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Institution: | 1. Institute for Computational Materials Science, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of China 2. Department of Electronic Information Engineering, Henan Vocational College of Agriculture, Zhengzhou, 451450, China
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Abstract: | Magnetism in Cu-doped, Cu \(\rm _{Si}\) –V \(\rm _{Si}\) codoped, or Cu \(\rm _{Si}\) –V \(\rm _{C}\) codoped 6H-SiC are investigated using the first principle. The total density of states for the ferromagnetic Cu \(\rm _{Si}\) at doping concentration of 0.926 at. \(\%\) shows half-metallic behavior, which leads to the total magnetic moment of 2.84 \(\rm \mu _{B}\) per supercell. The total magnetic moment increases with increasing Cu content. The long-range ferromagnetic interaction between Cu atoms can be attributed to the C-mediated double exchange through the strong \(3d\) ? \(2p\) interaction between Cu and neighboring C ones. It is important to note that both V \(\rm _{Si}\) and V \(\rm _{C}\) play a negative role in ferromagnetic coupling between Cu ions. So, to obtain a larger magnetic moment from Cu-doped 6H–SiC, we should try to avoid the appearance of V \(\rm _{Si}\) and V \(\rm _{C}\) during the process of sample preparation. Our theoretical calculations give a valuable insight on how to get a large magnetic moment from Cu-doped 6H–SiC. |
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