Electronic properties of barium chalcogenides from first-principles calculations: Tailoring wide-band-gap II-VI semiconductors

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Q. Lin ◽  
Hao Gong ◽  
Ping Wu
2011 ◽  
Vol 1331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ka Xiong ◽  
Weichao Wang ◽  
Roberto Longo Pazos ◽  
Kyeongjae Cho

ABSTRACTWe investigate the electronic structure of interstitial Li and Li vacancy in Li7P3S11 by first principles calculations. We find that Li7P3S11 is a good insulator with a wide band gap of 3.5 eV. We find that the Li vacancy and interstitial Li+ ion do not introduce states in the band gap hence they do not deteriorate the electronic properties of Li7P3S11. The calculated formation energies of Li vacancies are much larger than those of Li interstitials, indicating that the ion conductivity may arise from the migration of interstitial Li.


Nano LIFE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 1240005
Author(s):  
YUNLONG LIAO ◽  
ZHONGFANG CHEN

First-principles computations were performed to investigate the uniform bending effect on the electronic properties of armchair boron nitride nanoribbons (aBNNRs) with experimentally obtained width. For both bare and hydrogen-terminated aBNNRs, the band gaps only slightly depend on the uniform bending. The insensitivity of the band structures of BNNRs to the uniform bending makes them ideal materials when their wide band gap character is desired.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (28) ◽  
pp. 9755-9762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itsuki Miyazato ◽  
Tanveer Hussain ◽  
Keisuke Takahashi

The band gaps in boron nitride/phosphorene (h-BN/P) heterostructures are investigated by single-atom-embedding via first principles calculations. The modified heterostructures are potential optoelectronic materials with tunable band gaps.


1995 ◽  
Vol 378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris G Van de Walle ◽  
Jörg Neugebauer

AbstractWe discuss the application of state-of-the-art first-principles calculations to the problem of defects, impurities, and doping levels in semiconductors. Since doping problems are of particular relevance in wide-band-gap materials, we focus here on studies of ZnSe and GaN. For ZnSe, we discuss our latest insights in the influence of compensation and dopant solubility on the experimentally observed limitation of the free carrier concentration in p-type ZnSe. For GaN, we focus on the role of native defects in doping or compensation of the material, with particular emphasis on the n-type conductivity of as-grown GaN.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (102) ◽  
pp. 83876-83879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengyong Xu ◽  
Paul A. Brown ◽  
Kevin L. Shuford

We have investigated the effect of uniform plane strain on the electronic properties of monolayer 1T-TiS2using first-principles calculations. With the appropriate tensile strain, the material properties can be transformed from a semimetal to a direct band gap semiconductor.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Qian ◽  
Lei Peng ◽  
Yu Cui ◽  
Liping Sun ◽  
Jinyan Du ◽  
...  

We systematically study, by using first-principles calculations, stabilities, electronic properties, and optical properties of GexSn1-xSe alloy made of SnSe and GeSe monolayers with different Ge concentrations x = 0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0. Our results show that the critical solubility temperature of the alloy is around 580 K. With the increase of Ge concentration, band gap of the alloy increases nonlinearly and ranges from 0.92 to 1.13 eV at the PBE level and 1.39 to 1.59 eV at the HSE06 level. When the Ge concentration x is more than 0.5, the alloy changes into a direct bandgap semiconductor; the band gap ranges from 1.06 to 1.13 eV at the PBE level and 1.50 to 1.59 eV at the HSE06 level, which falls within the range of the optimum band gap for solar cells. Further optical calculations verify that, through alloying, the optical properties can be improved by subtle controlling the compositions. Since GexSn1-xSe alloys with different compositions have been successfully fabricated in experiments, we hope these insights will contribute to the future application in optoelectronics.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (34) ◽  
pp. 28484-28488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dandan Wang ◽  
DongXue Han ◽  
Lei Liu ◽  
Li Niu

Graphene band gap opening is achieved when integrated with C2N. C2N/graphene heterostructures are promising materials for FETs and water splitting.


2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (24) ◽  
pp. 4851-4859
Author(s):  
KAIHUA HE ◽  
GUANG ZHENG ◽  
GANG CHEN ◽  
QILI CHEN ◽  
MIAO WAN ◽  
...  

The structural and electronic properties of BN(5, 5) and C(5, 5) nanotubes under pressure are studied by using first principles calculations. In our study range, BN(5, 5) undergoes obvious elliptical distortion, while for C(5, 5) the cross section first becomes an ellipse and then, under further pressure, is flattened. The band gap of BN(5, 5) decreases with increasing pressure, which is inverse to that of zinc blende BN, whereas for C(5, 5) the metallicity is always preserved under high pressure. The population of charge density indicates that intertube bonding is formed under pressure. We also find that BN(5, 5) may collapse, and a new polymer material based on C(5, 5) is formed by applying pressure.


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