Ca5N4高压新相的第一性原理研究

通过在氮中引入杂质离子,利用高压手段获得具有新奇结构的多氮化合物是目前被广泛应用的研究方法.钙氮材料在催化、光电方面有着广泛的应用.具有较低电离能的钙(Ca)元素很容易和氮原子形成离子键钙氮化物.高压为寻找新型钙氮化合物提供了全新的技术途径.因此,利用高压方法,通过改变配比的方式,寻找具有新奇特性的钙氮高压结构,是一项非常有意义的工作.本文利用基于密度泛函理论的结构搜索方法,在100 GPa条件下,通过预测得到了一个稳定的Ca5N4相.该结构内部氮原子之间以N-N共价单键键合,氮原子和钙原子之间是离子键相互作用,且钙氮之间的电荷转移量为1.26 e/N atom.能带结构计算表明P 21/c-Ca5N4是一个直接带隙为1.447 eV的半导体结构.最后,系统地给出了该结构的拉曼振动光谱,并指认了拉曼振动模式,为实验合成该结构提供了理论指导.     

MgSiO_3钙钛矿高温高压特性的第一性原理研究

本文采用第一性原理方法,计算了MgSiO_3钙钛矿在零温和0～150 GPa静水压范围内的晶体结构和弹性模量,并利用准简谐近似Debye模型,拟合三阶Birch-Murnaghan物态方程得到了其高温高压下的热力学性质.通过与现有的理论和实验的结果数据比较,确认在0～2000 K的温度区间内,第一性原理计算结合Debye模型能够较可靠地模拟在下地幔压力范围内MgSiO_3钙钛矿的热力学性质.     

MgSiO3钙钛矿高温高压特性的第一性原理研究

本文采用第一性原理方法,计算了MgSiO3钙钛矿在零温和0 ~ 150 GPa静水压范围内的晶体结构和弹性模量,并利用准简谐近似Debye模型,拟合三阶Birch-Murnaghan物态方程得到了其高温高压下的热力学性质。通过与现有的理论和实验的结果数据比较,确认在0 ~ 2000 K的温度区间内,第一性原理计算结合Debye模型能够较可靠地模拟在下地幔压力范围内MgSiO3钙钛矿的热力学性质。     

First-principles investigation of the electronic, elastic and thermodynamic properties of VC under high pressure

An investigation of the electronic,elastic and thermodynamic properties of VC under high pressure has been conducted using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) with the plane-wave basis set,as implemented in the CASTEP code. At elevated pressures,VC is predicted to undergo a structural transition from a relatively open NaCl-type structure to a more dense CsCl-type one. The predicted transition pressure is 520 GPa. The elastic constant,Debye temperature and heat capacity each as a function of pressure and/or temperature of VC are presented for the first time.     

First-principles study of structural and elastic properties of CrO2 at high pressure

The structural and elastic properties of CrO₂ in the rutile phase under high pressures have been investigated using pseudopotential plane-wave method based on density functional theory. The optimized lattice parameters and the bulk modulus at zero pressure agree well with available experimental and theoretical data. The elastic constants C ₁₁, C ₁₂, C ₄₄, C ₃₃, C ₁₃, and C ₆₆ at zero pressure are calculated to be 359.91, 264.69, 143.28, 309.45, 218.45, and 260.74 GPa, respectively. Elastic constants, bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young's modulus, and Poisson's ratio under pressures are obtained. Our results indicate that the rutile phase is mechanically stable below 11.99 GPa. The elastic anisotropy of rutile phase under pressures has also been predicted.     

First-principles lattice dynamical study of ScAs and ScSb at zero and high pressure

A first-principles pseudopotential method is used to investigate the structural and elastic properties of ScAs and ScSb in their ambient B1(NaCl) and in high pressure B2 (CsCl) phases and phonon structures at zero and close to phase transition pressure. The calculated lattice constants, static bulk modulus, first order pressure derivative of the bulk modulus and the elastic constants are reported in B1 and B2 structures and compared with available experimental and other theoretical results. The phonon properties of these two compounds are compared among themselves which reveal that these compounds are predominantly metallic, due to degeneracy of optical frequencies at the zone centre. At high pressure, near the B1 to B2 transition, the LA mode at X-point softens leading to structural instability.     

First-principles calculations of thermodynamic properties of TiB2 at high pressure

The equations of state (EOS) and other thermodynamic properties of TiB₂ are investigated using ab initio plane-wave pseudopotential density functional theory method. The obtained results are in good agreement with the experimental measured data and other theoretical calculated ones. Through the quasi-harmonic Debye model, in which the phononic effects are considered, the dependences of relative volume V/V₀ on pressure P, cell volume V on temperature T, and Debye temperature Θ and specific heat C_V on pressure P are successfully obtained.     

First-principles study of the elastic and thermodynamic properties of thorium hydrides at high pressure

The high pressure behaviors of Th_4H_(15) and ThH_2 are investigated by using the first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory(DFT). From the energy–volume relations, the bct phase of ThH_2 is more stable than the fcc phase at ambient conditions. At high pressure, the bct ThH_2 and bcc Th_4H(15) phases are more brittle than they are at ambient pressure from the calculated elastic constants and the Poisson ratio. The thermodynamic stability of the bct phase ThH_2 is determined from the calculated phonon dispersion. In the pressure domain of interest, the phonon dispersions of bcc Th_4H(15) and bct ThH_2 are positive, indicating the dynamical stability of these two phases, while the fcc ThH_2 is unstable. The thermodynamic properties including the lattice vibration energy, entropy, and specific heat are predicted for these stable phases. The vibrational free energy decreases with the increase of the temperature, and the entropy and the heat capacity are proportional to the temperature and inversely proportional to the pressure. As the pressure increases, the resistance to the external pressure is strengthened for Th_4H_(15) and ThH_2.     

Ce-La-Th合金高压相变的第一性原理计算

采用第一性原理计算对Ce_(0.8)La_(0.1)Th_(0.1)在高压下fcc-bct的结构相变、弹性性质及热力学性质进行了研究讨论.通过对计算结果的分析,发现了合金在压力下的相变规律,压强升高到31.6 GPa附近时fcc相开始向bct相转变,到34.9 GPa时bct相趋于稳定.对弹性模量的计算结果从另一角度反映了结构相变的信息.最后,利用准谐德拜模型对两种结构的高温高压热力学性质进行了理论预测.     

AlAs相变及热动力学性质的第一性原理研究

利用基于密度泛函理论的全势能线性糕模轨函法研究了闪锌矿（B3）,NiAs（B8）和岩盐（B1）结构的AlAs的相变、结构性质以及热动力学性质.对B3-B8和B3-B1结构的能量体积曲线做公切线,得到了B3→B8相变压力为5.44 GPa,并预测到B3→B1相变压力为6.46 GPa.同时计算了高压下B8相的结构性质,结果显示当V/V₀≈0.7—1.05时,c/a基本保持恒定（仅有约 0.2%的波动）;当V/V₀≈0.4—0.7,c/a随着V/V₀的减小而近似线性地增大.通过状态方程拟合,得到了AlAs的相对体积V/V₀与压强P的函数关系,B8相的状态方程与实验结果符合很好.最后利用准谐德拜模型得到了AlAs的体弹模量B随压力P的变化关系以及不同压强下热容C_V与温度T的关系. 关键词： 相变 热力学性质 第一性原理     

First-principles calculations for structure and equation of state of MgB2 at high pressure

We investigate the structure and the equation of state of compound MgB₂ at high pressure using the full-potential linearized muffin-tin orbital scheme within the generalized gradient approximation correction in the frame of density functional theory. Through the quasi-harmonic Debye model, in which the phononic effects are considered, we have obtained successfully the bulk modulus and the thermal expansion of MgB₂.     

钇铝石榴石在高压下的光学性质第一性原理研究

本文采用基于密度泛函理论(DFT)的第一性原理方法,分别计算了120 GPa的压力范围内钇铝石榴石理想晶体和含氧空位点缺陷晶体的光学性质.计算数据表明:(1)在120 GPa的压力范围内其理想晶体和含2+价氧离子空位(形成能最低)的缺陷晶体在可见光区不存在光吸收(是透明的).(2)压力加载将导致其反射谱峰值强度降低,且空位缺陷的存在使其峰值强度进一步减弱.这些结果对进一步实验有重要的参考价值.     

Phase transitions investigation in ZnTe by thermoelectric power measurements at high pressure

The pressure-induced phase transitions were studied in ZnTe by the thermoelectric power (S) technique. For the high-pressure trigonal phase P3₁21 cinnabar the large thermopower values S≈+400 correspond to semiconductor hole conductivity. During a transition into the orthorhombic structure Cmcm the value of S dropped by 40-50 times indicating metallic hole conductivity, like in the high pressure phases of other chalcogenides of II Group (HgSe, HgTe, CdTe) with Cmcm structure. In a transient region between the trigonal and orthorhombic phase (especially under decreasing pressure) a novel phase has been observed with a negative value of S. By analogy with other Zn and Cd chalcogenides whose NaCl phases have an electron type of conductivity the phase observed may have a NaCl structure.     

First-principles investigation of electronic and magnetic properties of some holmium pnictides under pressure

First-principles calculations of the structural, magnetic and elastic properties of Holmium pnictides compounds HoX (X = As, Sb, and P) in the rock-salt structure, as a function of pressure, have been performed using the Density Functional Theory (DFT). We have used two full-potential methods: full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) implemented in WIEN2k code and full-potential local-orbital minimum-basis in FPLO code. The calculations are carried out within a framework of the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and GGA+U (where U = 5 eV is the Hubbard correlation term). the total magnetic moments of HoAs, HoSb, and HoP using GGA approximation are 5.85, 6.35, and 5.70 µ_B respectively and using GGA+U are 5.803, 6.208, 5.634 µ_B respectively. We investigated the effect of pressure on the magnetic properties of these compounds, using GGA approximation. The total magnetic moment of HoP shows small variation at low pressure, but it decreases rapidly at high pressure to reach 3.87 µ_B at 50 GPa.