Titanium atoms dimerization phenomenon and magnetic properties of titanium-antisite (TiO) and chromium doped rutile TiO2, ab-initio calculation

The ab-initio calculations based on the Korringa Kohn Rostoker approximation approach combined with coherent potential approximation (KKR-CPA), were used to study the magnetic properties of the titanium anti-site (Ti_O) and chromium (Cr) doped TiO₂. In the considered systems, we used different concentrations for Ti_O defect and Cr doping. In TiO_2(0.98)(Ti_O)_0.02, the obtained results indicate that Ti_O is a donor having half-metal behavior. Ti_O[3d] band is located at the Fermi level, although isn’t 100% polarized, the ferromagnetic (FM) state is verified as being more stable than disordered local moment (DLM) state. For Ti_0.98Cr_0.02O₂ the Cr doping introduced new states which give the material half-metallic feature. The majority spin of Cr impurities are located at the Fermi level and the conduction electrons around the Fermi level are 100% spin polarized. This indicates the stability of (FM) state. Moreover, in Ti_0.98Cr_0.02O_2(0.98)(Ti_O)_0.02, the top of the valence band is shifted to lower energy compared to pure TiO₂, and the n-type of TiO₂ is verified. The majority spin of Cr[3d] are located at 0.025 Ry close to the Fermi level. The predicted Curie temperatures (Tc) were calculated using the mean field approximation (MFA) and we predicted that Ti_O defect in Cr doped TiO₂ makes Tc higher. This kind of defect makes the material useful for spinotronics's applications and devices.     

The Fock Matrix Analysis for Atomic Orbitals in Molecular Orbitals I. A New Look on the Covalent Bond in H2?

The character of the molecular orbitals can be better accounted for in terms of molecular adapted atomic orbitals and the Fock matrix expanded in these atomic orbital sets. A clean‐cut and unique criterion for the diradicals and the covalent bonds can be given for the molecular orbitals in both restricted and unrestricted Hartree‐Fock wavefunctions. Instead of the picture that overlap charge migrates into the bonding region, the new analysis displays another picture that the charge densities for the electrons with α and β spins give rise to two opposite spin density shifts. If the α one shifts from atom A toward atom B then it is vice versa for the β one. The spin density shifts proceed until the bonding molecular orbitals form.     

Top‐seeded growth,optical properties and theoretical studies of noncentrosymmetric Te2V2O9

A single crystal of Te₂V₂O₉ with dimensions of 15×15×5 mm³ has been grown by the top‐seeded growth method. Infrared and transmission spectra indicate the transmission cutoff wavelength of Te₂V₂O₉ crystal is about 620 nm in visible region and 6.2 μm in infrared region. In addition, band structure and density of states calculations of Te₂V₂O₉ were carried out using the total‐energy code CASTEP based on density functional theory. (© 2012 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Nd0.5Pb0.5-xSrx (Mn, Fe)O3的局域结构畸变和磁输运性质的研究

通过X光衍射，穆斯堡尔谱和输运性质的测量研究了掺杂Fe的Nd0.5Pb0.5-xSrxMnO3样品的结构和磁输运性质。x光衍射和穆斯堡尔谱都表明了样品随Sr的增多结构畸变减小。Sr的掺杂同时也降低了室温时的电阻率并使磁电阻增大。由于在样品中Mn3+ 与 Mn4+的比率是一样的，也就意味着具有相同的双交换作用。所以Sr对样品性质的改变可以认为是由于晶格畸变所产生的。由于Jahn-Teller 效应而产生的Mn(Fe)O6八面体的局域结构畸变可以局域电子。由我们的实验可以看到在居里温度Tc以上，除了双交换作用之外，Jahn-Teller 效应对于输运性质也起了重要作用。     

B掺杂尖晶石型LiMn2O4正极材料的制备及长循环电化学性能

采用固相燃烧法制备了单晶多面体尖晶石型LiMn1.94B0.06O4正极材料,利用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电镜(SEM)、透射电镜(TEM)以及充放电测试等手段,对其晶体结构和电化学性能等进行了表征。结果表明,B掺杂没有改变尖晶石型LiMn2O4的晶体结构,促进了(440)和(400)晶面的优先生长,形成了高暴露的(111)晶面及少部分(110)和(100)晶面的单晶多面体LiMn1.94B0.06O4晶粒,减少了Mn的溶解和提供了更多的锂离子扩散通道,其晶粒尺寸在160~350 nm之间。在10C、25℃的条件下,LiMn1.94B0.06O4电极的首次放电比容量可达到103.0 mAh·g^-1,2000次循环后,表现出较好的容量保持率(57.7%);在15C高倍率下,LiMn1.94B0.06O4仍然保持了67.1 mAh·g^-1的首次放电比容量,1500次循环后,仍能维持46.2%的容量保持率;在1C、55℃的条件下,其初始放电比容量高达125.2 mAh·g^-1,表现出良好的高温性能。B掺杂能够有效提高尖晶石型LiMn2O4的高倍率性能和循环寿命,稳定晶体结构,抑制Jahn?Teller效应和缓解Mn的溶解。     

Exploring the applicability of density functional tight binding to transition metal ions. Parameterization for nickel with the spin-polarized DFTB3 model

In this work, we explore the applicability and limitations of the current third order density functional tight binding (DFTB3) formalism for treating transition metal ions using nickel as an example. To be consistent with recent parameterization of DFTB3 for copper, the parametrization for nickel is conducted in a spin-polarized formulation and with orbital-resolved Hubbard parameters and their charge derivatives. The performance of the current parameter set is evaluated based on structural and energetic properties of a set of nickel-containing compounds that involve biologically relevant ligands. Qualitatively similar to findings in previous studies of copper complexes, the DFTB3 results are more reliable for nickel complexes with neutral ligands than for charged ligands; nevertheless, encouraging agreement is noted in comparison to the reference method, B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ, especially for structural properties, including cases that exhibit Jahn–Teller distortions; the structures also compare favorably to available X-ray data in the Cambridge Crystallographic Database for a number of nickel-containing compounds. As to limitations, we find it is necessary to use different d shell Hubbard charge derivatives for Ni(I) and Ni(II), due to the distinct electronic configurations for the nickel ion in the respective complexes, and substantial errors are observed for ligand binding energies, especially for charged ligands, d orbital splitting energies and splitting between singlet and triplet spin states for Ni(II) compounds. These observations highlight that future improvement in intra-d correlation and ligand polarization is required to enable the application of the DFTB3 model to complex transition metal ions. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.