Cu-X(X=B, Al, Ga, In)共掺杂对ZnS可见光吸收的影响

ZnS能够用于光解水制氢,但是由于ZnS带隙较宽在一定程度上制约了可见光的吸收。为了减小闪锌矿ZnS的带隙宽度,增加对可见光的吸收,采用密度泛函理论研究了Cu-X(X=B, Al, Ga, In)共掺杂对ZnS电子结构和可见光吸收的影响。计算结果表明Cu-X(X=B, Al, Ga, In)共掺杂ZnS的结合能都是负值,都属于稳定结构;掺杂使得闪锌矿ZnS的带隙宽度由2.9eV分别减小到2.68eV、2.41 eV、2.18 eV、1.82 eV,导致了吸收谱和光导产生红移,有利于可见光的吸收;掺杂后导带底向低能级方向移动,同时在禁带中产生p-d杂化能级,导致了带隙宽度减小,有利于可见光的吸收和阻止光生载流子的复合;最后掺杂ZnS的带边位置满足水解制氢的条件,可用于制造光催化剂。综上所述Cu-X(X=B, Al, Ga, In)共掺杂ZnS有利于可见光的吸收。     

Magnetic,electronic, optical,and photocatalytic properties of nonmetal- and halogen-doped anatase TiO2 nanotubes

The structure stability, magnetic, electronic, optical, and photocatalytic properties of nonmetal (B, C, N, P, and S), and halogen (F, Cl, Br, and I)-doped anatase TiO₂ nanotubes (TNTs) have been investigated using spin polarized density functional theory. The N- and F-doped TNTs are the most stable among other doped TNTs. It is found that the magnetic moment of doped TNT is the difference between the number of the valence electrons of the dopant and host anion. All dopants decrease the band gap of TNT. The decrease in the band gap of nonmetal (C, N, P, and S)-doped TNTs, in particular N and P, is larger than that of halogen-doped TNTs due to the created states of the nonmetal dopant in the band gap. There is a good agreement between the calculation results and the experimental observations. Even though C-, N-, and P-doped TNTs have the lowest band gap, they cannot be used as a photocatalysis for water splitting. The B-, S-, and I-doped TiO₂ nanotubes are of great potential as candidates for water splitting in the visible light range.     

A first-principles calculation on the electronic properties of Si/N-codoped TiO2

To deeply understand the effects of Si/N-codoping on the electronic structures of TiO₂ and confirm their photocatalytic performance, a comparison theoretical study of their energetic and electronic properties was carried out involving single N-doping, single Si-doping and three models of Si/N-codoping based on first-principles. As for N-doped TiO₂, an isolated N 2p state locates above the top of valence band and mixes with O 2p states, resulting in band gap narrowing. However, the unoccupied N 2p state acts as electrons traps to promote the electron-hole recombination. Using Si-doping, the band gap has a decrease of 0.24 eV and the valence band broadens about 0.30 eV. These two factors cause a better performance of photocatalyst. The special Si/N-codoped TiO₂ model with one O atom replaced by a N atom and its adjacent Ti atom replaced by a Si atom, has the smallest defect formation energy in three codoping models, suggesting the model is the most energetic favorable. The calculated energy results also indicate that the Si incorporation increases the N concentration in Si/N-codoped TiO₂. This model obtains the most narrowed band gap of 1.63 eV in comparison with the other two models. The dopant states hybridize with O 2p states, leading to the valence band broadening and then improving the mobility of photo-generated hole; the N 2p states are occupied simultaneously. The significantly narrowed band gap and the absence of recombination center can give a reasonable explanation for the high photocatalytic activity under visible light.     

Influence of isoelectronic impurities on the electronic structure of BN nanotubes

Via the example of a (5, 5) boron-nitrogen armchair nanotube, the influence of isoelectronic substitutional impurities on the electronic structure of BN nanotubes has been investigated with the use of linear augmented cylindrical waves. The treatment is based on the local density approximation and the muffin-tin approximation for the electron potential. In this method, the electronic spectrum of a system is governed by the free motion of electrons in the interatomic space between cylindrical barriers and the electron scattering on atomic centers. It has been found that the substitution of one atom of N by P leads to the splitting of all twofold degenerate bands by 0.2 eV on average, a decrease in the energy gap from 3.5 to 2.8 eV, the separation of the s(P) band from the high-energy region of the s(B, N) band, as well as to the formation of the impurity π(P) and π*(P) bands, which form the valence-band top and conduction-band bottom in the doped system. The influence of an As atom on the electronic structure of (5, 5) BN nanotubes is qualitatively similar to the case of phosphorus, but the energy gap is smaller by 0.5 eV. The optical gap in the nanotubes is closed due to the effect of the Sb atom impurity. A substitution of one B atom by an Al atom results in the strong perturbation of the band structure and the energy gap in this case is only 1.6 eV in contrast to the weak indium-induced perturbation of the band structure of the BN nanotube. In the latter case, the energy gap is 2.9 eV. The above effects can be detected by the optical and photoelectron spectroscopy methods, as well as by measuring the electrical properties of the nanotubes. They can be used to create electronic devices based on boron-nitrogen nanotubes.     

卟啉基非金属纳米片用于可见光光催化制氢

本文基于密度泛函理论预测了一种用于可见光范围光催化制氢的新型二维非金属纳米材料,该材料可以由HTAP分子脱氢聚合得到,具有良好的结构稳定性,且带隙为2.12 eV,可以实现可见光区域的光捕获. 材料的带边能级位置恰好包裹水的氧化还原电位,有利于实现全光解水. 电子的迁移率略高于空穴的迁移率,有利于光生载流子的分离. 光生电子可以提供足够的驱动力使得析氢反应自发进行.     

Structural,electronic and optical properties of Ca3Bi2: First-principles investigation

In this work by applying first principles calculations structural, electronic and optical properties of Ca₃Bi₂ compound in hexagonal and cubic phases are studied within the framework of the density functional theory using the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) approach. According to our study band gap for Ca₃Bi₂ in hexagonal phase are 0.47, 0.96 and 1?eV within the PBE-GGA, EV-GGA and mBJ-GGA, respectively. The corresponding values for cubic phase are 1.24, 2.08 and 2.14?eV, respectively. The effects of hydrostatic pressure on the behavior of the electronic properties such as band gap, valence bandwidths and anti-symmetry gap are investigated. It is found that the hydrostatic pressure increases the band widths of all bands below the Fermi energy while it decreases the band gap and the anti-symmetry gap. In our calculations, the dielectric tensor is derived within the random phase approximation (RPA). The first absorption peak in imaginary part of dielectric function for both phases is located in the energy range 2.0–2.5?eV which are beneficial to practical applications in optoelectronic devices in the visible spectral range. For instance, hexagonal phase of Ca₃Bi₂ with a band gap around 1?eV can be applied for photovoltaic application and cubic phase with a band gap of 2?eV can be used for water splitting application. Moreover, we found the optical spectra of hexagonal phase are anisotropic along E||x and E||z.     

GGA+U方法研究ZnO孪晶界对V_(Zn)-N_O-H复合体对p型导电性的影响

采用基于密度泛函理论的广义梯度近似平面波赝势方法,探究四种ZnO-Σ7(1230)孪晶界中V_(Zn)-N_O-H复合体的电子结构和p型导电机理.计算结果表明,在ZnO-Σ7(1230)孪晶界中,N掺杂后会与锌空位(V_(Zn))、氢填隙(Hi)等点缺陷结合,进而形成V_(Zn)-N_O-H复合体,并出现在孪晶中的晶格应变集中区.此外,四种孪晶界中孪晶GB7a有利于V_(Zn)-N_O-H离化能降低,从而使其表现出浅受主特征.分析显示特殊的孪晶结构导致了氮替位(N_O)与近邻的O原子间距离缩短,阴离子之间发生相互作用,导致禁带中的空带能级下降,降低了电子跃迁所需能量.这一结果也说明GB7a孪晶界中的V_(Zn)-N_O-H可能成为N掺杂ZnO材料的p型导电的来源之一.     

替位和间隙原子N对ZnO电子结构和光学性质的影响

本文采用密度泛函理论,深入研究了N作为替位和间隙原子对ZnO电子结构和光学性质的影响,结果表明：由于N在八面体间隙位置的形成能小所以更倾向于占据八面体间隙位置;N掺杂ZnO会形成p型半导体;N在间隙位置能够明显的缩小带隙宽度,可以有效的促进ZnO对光的吸收;在可见光区,处于间隙位置的N具有良好的光学吸收谱并且产生明显的红移,这与带隙的变化规律一致。     

Experimental energy bands,exchange splittings,and lifetimes for Ni in the vicinity of the x-point

Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation has been used to determine energy band dispersions along the ΓKX and ΓX directions in nickel. A detailed picture of spin-dependent energy levels and band topology around the symmetry point X has been derived. We have measured the exchange splitting for different band symmetries and find the splitting for the X₂-S₄ band along (110) to be 0.17 eV. For the X₅-S₃ band we find a splitting of 0.33 eV which is in close agreement with the value found earlier for the Σ₂ band. This can be explained by different self-energy corrections for t_2g and e_g-type states respectively. Our values for the energy positions (inverse lifetimes) are the following: X_2↓ = ?0.04 eV (0.08 eV, X_2↑ = ?0.24 eV (0.19 eV), X_5↑ = ?0.11 eV.     

P掺杂锐钛矿相TiO2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不同P掺杂形式(P替位Ti, P替位O, 间隙P)的锐钛矿相TiO₂的晶格常数、电荷布居、能带结构、分态密度和吸收光谱进行了计算. 结果表明, P替位Ti时, TiO₂体积减小, P替位O和间隙P的存在使TiO₂的体积膨胀; 替位Ti的P和间隙P均有不同程度的氧化, 而替位O的P带有负电荷. 三种P掺杂形式均导致锐钛矿相TiO₂禁带宽度的增大, 并在TiO₂禁带之内引入了掺杂局域能级. P掺杂导致TiO₂禁带宽度增大的程度依次为: 间隙P>P替位Ti>P替位O. 吸收光谱的计算结果表明, P替位Ti并不能增强TiO₂的可见光吸收能力, 但间隙P的存在大幅提高了TiO₂的可见光光吸收能力, 间隙P有可能是造成实验上P掺杂增强锐钛矿相TiO₂光催化活性的重要原因. 关键词： P掺杂 2')" href="#">锐钛矿相TiO₂ 第一性原理     

First-principles study of the band gap tuning and doping control in CdSe_xTe_(1-x) alloy for high efficiency solar cell

CdTe is one of the leading materials for low cost, high efficiency thin-film solar cells with a nearly ideal band gap of 1.48 eV. However, its solar to electricity power conversion efficiency(PCE) is hindered by the relatively low open circuit voltage(VOC) due to intrinsic defect related issues. Here, we propose that alloying CdTe with CdSe could possibly improve the solar cell performance by reducing the "ideal" band gap of CdTe to gain more short-circuit current from long-wavelength absorption without sacrificing much VOC. Using the hybrid functional calculation, we find that the minimum band gap of the CdTe_(1-x)Se_x alloy can be reduced from 1.48 eV at x = 0 to 1.39 eV at x = 0.32, and most of the change come from the lowering of the conduction band minimum. We also show that the formation of the alloy can improve the p-type doping of CuCdimpurity based on the reduced effective formation energy and nearly constant effective transition energy level, thus possibly enhance VOC, thus PCE.     

硼氢协同掺杂Ib型金刚石大单晶的高温高压合成与电学性能研究

在压力6.0 GPa和温度1600 K条件下, 利用温度梯度法研究了(111)晶面硼氢协同掺杂Ib型金刚石的合成. 傅里叶红外光谱测试表明: 氢以sp³杂化的形式存在于所合成的金刚石中, 其对应的红外特征吸收峰位分别位于2850 cm^-1和2920 cm^-1处. 此外, 霍尔效应测试结果表明: 所合成的硼氢协同掺杂金刚石具有p型半导体材料特性. 相对于硼掺杂金刚石而言, 由于氢的引入导致硼氢协同掺杂金刚石电导率显著提高. 为了揭示硼氢协同掺杂金刚石电导率提高的原因, 对不同体系进行了第一性原理理论计算, 计算结果表明其与实验结果符合. 该研究对金刚石在半导体领域的应用有重要的现实意义.     

Infrared modulated reflectance spectra of n and p type gallium antimonide and n type indium antimonide

We have observed the modulated reflectance spectra of n and p type GaSb at 300, 80, and 5 K from 0.56 to 2 eV. The modulated reflectance of intrinsic n type InSb was measured at 80 K from 0.2 to 2 eV. The “dry sandwich” vapor deposition technique was used to make the electroreflectance (ER) samples. The low-temperature spectrum of the undoped p type GaSb sample shows three peaks at the band edge that could be associated with transitions from the top of the valence band, the light (0.903 eV) and heavy (1.014eV) hole state Fermi levels to the conduction band. The energies of the observed peaks are in agreement with the Fermi level determination from Hall effect and Faraday rotation measurements. This modulation mechanism is based on band population effects. The ER signal of InSb under flatband condition at 80 K has five half oscillations at the direct band gap. The contribution of piezoelectric strain to ER is present since the dc bias required to achieve flatband condition is different at the band gap than at E₁. The ER signal corresponding to the direct gap energy E₀ and to the spin-orbit energy E₀ + Δ₀ was determined in the n and p type samples of GaSb at different temperatures. We have measured the intrinsic energy gap in GaSb at room temperature. E_g = 0.74 eV. The corresponding spin-orbit splitting was found to be Δ₀ = 0.733 ± 0.002 eV.     

Degradation of boron-doped Czochralski-grown silicon solar cells

The formation mechanism and properties of the boron-oxygen center responsible for the degradation of Czochralski-grown Si(B) solar cells during operation is investigated using density functional calculations. We find that boron traps an oxygen dimer to form a bistable defect with a donor level in the upper half of the band gap. The activation energy for its dissociation is found to be 1.2 eV. The formation of the defect from mobile oxygen dimers, which are shown to migrate by a Bourgoin mechanism under minority carrier injection, has a calculated activation energy of 0.3 eV. These energies and the dependence of the generation rate of the recombination center on boron concentration are in good agreement with observations.     

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.     

(Cu,N)共掺杂TiO2/MoS2异质结的电子和光学性能:杂化泛函HSE06

在密度泛函理论的基础上,系统地研究了Cu/N（共）掺杂的TiO₂/MoS₂异质结体系的几何结构、电子结构和光学性质.计算发现,TiO₂/MoS₂异质结的带隙相比于纯的TiO₂（101）表面明显变小,Cu/N（共）掺杂TiO₂/MoS₂异质结体系的禁带宽度也明显地减小,这导致光子激发能量的降低和光吸收能力的提高.通过计算Cu/N（共）掺杂TiO₂/MoS₂的差分电荷密度,发现光生电子与空穴积累在掺杂后的TiO₂（101）表面和单层MoS₂之间,这表明掺杂杂质体系可以有效地抑制光生电子-空穴对的复合.此外,我们计算了在不同压力下TiO₂/MoS₂异质结的几何、电子和光学性质,发现适当增加压力可以有效提高异质结的光吸收性能.本文结果表明,Cu/N（共）掺杂TiO₂/MoS₂异质结和对TiO₂/MoS₂异质结加压都能有效地提高材料的光学性能.     

Radiative transitions of layered semiconductor GaS doped with P

Photoluminescence (PL) measurement has been made on P-doped p-GaS. The 2.35 and 2.12 eV emission bands are observed in the PL spectrum of P-doped sample at 77 K. The temperature dependence of full-width at half-maximum and the shape of the PL spectrum of the 2.12 eV emission band are characterized by the recombination mechanism of the configurational coordinate model. It is found that the 2.12 eV emission band is related to the complex center of vacancy and acceptor due to P atoms. It is found from the presence of the complex center that the P-doped samples include a high concentration of defects or defect complexes.     

Spin-polarized electronic band structures of the Fe4N-Co4N system

We have calculated spin-polarized electronic band structures of cubic antiperovskite metal nitrides (Fe₄N, Fe₃CoN, FeCo₃N and Co₄N) by the full-potential method with mixed basis augmented plane wave plus local orbitals. It was shown that FeCo₃N has an energy gap of 0.2 eV at the Fermi level in the up-spin band and hence its half-metallic behavior is expected.     

Theoretical prediction of new C–Si alloys in C2/m-20 structure

We study structural,mechanical,and electronic properties of C_(20),Si_(20) and their alloys(C_(16)Si_4,C_(12)Si_8,C_8Si_(12),and C_4Si_(16)) in C2/m structure by using density functional theory(DFT) based on first-principles calculations.The obtained elastic constants and the phonon spectra reveal mechanical and dynamic stability.The calculated formation enthalpy shows that the C-Si alloys might exist at a specified high temperature scale.The ratio of BIG and Poisson's ratio indicate that these C-Si alloys in C2/m-20 structure are all brittle.The elastic anisotropic properties derived by bulk modulus and shear modulus show slight anisotropy.In addition,the band structures and density of states are also depicted,which reveal that C_(20),C_(16)Si_4,and Si_(20) are indirect band gap semiconductors,while C_8Si_(12) and C_4Si_(16) are semi-metallic alloys.Notably,a direct band gap semiconductor(C_(12)Si_8) is obtained by doping two indirect band gap semiconductors(C_(20) and Si_(20)).     

KDP和尿素晶体电子结构的第一性原理研究

基于第一性原理的平面波超软赝势法对KDP(KH₂PO₄)和尿素(CH₄N₂O)晶体的能带结构、电子态密度、电荷差分密度以及布局分析进行了计算讨论.结果表明:尿素晶体中的C1-O1、C1-N1、N1-H2和N1-H1键都具有共价键特性,带隙值为4.636 eV,价带顶主要由H-1s与N、O的2p态贡献,导带底主要是H-1s与C、N、O的2p态贡献;KDP晶体的H1-O1键具有离子性而P1-O1则具有共价性,带隙宽度为5.713 eV,价带顶主要由O-2p以及P-3p贡献,导带底主要由H-1s、P-3s和3p以及K-4s和3p态贡献.