We present a first-principles study of the structural,dielectric,and lattice dynamical properties for chalcopyrite semiconductor ZnSnP2.The structural properties are calculated using a plane-wave pseudopotential metho...We present a first-principles study of the structural,dielectric,and lattice dynamical properties for chalcopyrite semiconductor ZnSnP2.The structural properties are calculated using a plane-wave pseudopotential method of densityfunctional theory.A linear response theory is used to derive Born effective charge tensors for each atom,dielectric constants in low and high frequency limits,and phonon frequencies.We calculate all zone-center phonon modes,identify Raman and infrared active modes,and report LO-TO splitting of the infrared modes.The results show an excellent agreement with experiment and propose several predictive behaviors.展开更多
The physical properties including structural,electronic,vibrational and thermodynamic properties of Zr1-xHfx Co（x is the concentration of constituent element Hf,and changes from 0 to 1） are investigated in terms of ...The physical properties including structural,electronic,vibrational and thermodynamic properties of Zr1-xHfx Co（x is the concentration of constituent element Hf,and changes from 0 to 1） are investigated in terms of the ABINIT program.The results reveal that all of Zr（1-x）Hfx Co have similar physical properties.When Hf concentration x gradually increases from 0.0 to 1.0,the lattice constant decreases from 3.217°A to 3.195°A very slowly.The calculated density of states（DOS）indicates that the metallic nature is enhanced and the electrical conductivity turns better with the increase of Hf.Moreover,as Hf concentration increases from 0 to 1,the Fermi energy gradually increases from-6.96 e V to-6.21 e V,and the electronic density of states at the Fermi level（N（Ef）） decreases from 2.795 electrons/e V f.u.down to 2.594 electrons/e V f.u.,both of which imply the decrease of chemical stability.The calculated vibrational properties show that the increase of Hf concentration from 0 to 1 causes the maximum vibrational frequency to decrease gradually from about 223 cm^-1 to 186 cm^-1,which suggests a lower dispersion gradient and lower phonon group velocities for these modes.Finally,the phonon related thermodynamic properties are obtained and discussed.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Open Research Fund of Computational Physics Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province,Yibin University(Grant No.JSWL2014KFZ01)the Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department,China(Grant No.16ZB0209)+1 种基金the Scientific Research Foundation of Chengdu University of Information Technology,China(Grant No.J201611)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11547224)
文摘We present a first-principles study of the structural,dielectric,and lattice dynamical properties for chalcopyrite semiconductor ZnSnP2.The structural properties are calculated using a plane-wave pseudopotential method of densityfunctional theory.A linear response theory is used to derive Born effective charge tensors for each atom,dielectric constants in low and high frequency limits,and phonon frequencies.We calculate all zone-center phonon modes,identify Raman and infrared active modes,and report LO-TO splitting of the infrared modes.The results show an excellent agreement with experiment and propose several predictive behaviors.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21573200)
文摘The physical properties including structural,electronic,vibrational and thermodynamic properties of Zr1-xHfx Co（x is the concentration of constituent element Hf,and changes from 0 to 1） are investigated in terms of the ABINIT program.The results reveal that all of Zr（1-x）Hfx Co have similar physical properties.When Hf concentration x gradually increases from 0.0 to 1.0,the lattice constant decreases from 3.217°A to 3.195°A very slowly.The calculated density of states（DOS）indicates that the metallic nature is enhanced and the electrical conductivity turns better with the increase of Hf.Moreover,as Hf concentration increases from 0 to 1,the Fermi energy gradually increases from-6.96 e V to-6.21 e V,and the electronic density of states at the Fermi level（N（Ef）） decreases from 2.795 electrons/e V f.u.down to 2.594 electrons/e V f.u.,both of which imply the decrease of chemical stability.The calculated vibrational properties show that the increase of Hf concentration from 0 to 1 causes the maximum vibrational frequency to decrease gradually from about 223 cm^-1 to 186 cm^-1,which suggests a lower dispersion gradient and lower phonon group velocities for these modes.Finally,the phonon related thermodynamic properties are obtained and discussed.
