Structural, elastic, and electronic properties of orthorhombic NH3BH3: An ab initio study |
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Authors: | Qi Song Yu-Qing Hou Li-Sha LiZhen-Yi Jiang Bo ZhouXiao-Dong Zhang |
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Institution: | a Department of Electronic, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, PR China b Institute of Modern Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, PR China c Department of Physics, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, PR China |
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Abstract: | At the generalized gradient approximation (GGA), the elastic constants of the orthorhombic phase of NH3BH3 were calculated with plane-wave pseudo-potential method. Our calculation showed that the orthorhombic phase NH3BH3 is a loose and brittle material, as well as hard to be deformed, also we calculated the elastic anisotropies and the Debye temperatures from the elastic constants. And from the band structure and density of state (DOS), we concluded that NH3BH3 is a wide-gap semiconductor and the band gap is almost 6.0 eV. The bonds between N atoms and H atoms show a strong covalent characteristic, B atoms and H atoms form ironic bonds, and so as to the B-N bonds. Electrons from the B atoms are absorbed by the H atoms around the B atoms, and the H atoms display electronegativity. |
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Keywords: | NH3BH3 Elastic constants Electronic structure Ab initio calculations |
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