101. Theoretical study of structural stability, elastic, electronic and thermodynamic properties of ScxGa1−x P compounds by ab initio calculations
- Author
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Rafael González-Hernández, William López-Pérez, Luz Ramírez-Montes, Alvaro González-García, and William Celin-Mancera
- Subjects
Phase transition ,Electronic structure ,Estructura electronica ,Materials Science (miscellaneous) ,Alloy ,GaP ,02 engineering and technology ,engineering.material ,01 natural sciences ,DFT ,Thermodynamic properties ,Estabilidad estructural y elástica ,Ab initio quantum chemistry methods ,Phase (matter) ,0103 physical sciences ,Materials Chemistry ,010306 general physics ,Electronic band structure ,Phase diagram ,Chemistry ,Structural and elastic stability ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Propiedades termodinamicas ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Structural stability ,engineering ,Physical chemistry ,0210 nano-technology ,Brecha - Abstract
We carried out a theoretical study on the structural stability, elastic, electronic and thermodynamic properties of the Sc x Ga 1− x P compound ( x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1) in the ZnS and NaCl crystallographic phases. For this purpose, we performed ab initio calculations using the DFT within LDA and GGA approximations. To solve the Kohn-Sham equations, we implemented the accurate full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method. From the results obtained, it can be noted that for the 0≤ x ≤0.30 range, the most stable structure of Sc x Ga 1− x P is the ZnS phase, and for the 0.30 x ≤1 interval, the most stable structure is the NaCl phase. The structural results also show a phase transition from the ZnS to NaCl at a pressure of ∼ 2.84 GPa for a Sc concentration value of 25%. Electronic band structure analysis shows that in the ZnS phase, for a 25% of Sc concentration, Sc x Ga 1− x P is a direct semiconductor, and from 50% to 100% concentrations in the NaCl phase, the compound exhibits a metallic behavior. Calculated phase diagrams predict Sc x Ga 1− x P to be stable as homogeneous alloy phases at high temperature for both ZnS and NaCl phases.
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- 2016