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The Effect of an External Electric Field on the Electronic Properties of Defective CBN Nanotubes: A Density Functional Theory Approach
- Source :
- Crystals, Vol 12, Iss 3, p 321 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2022.
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Abstract
- We investigated the effects of applying an external electric field on the electronic properties of Stone-Wales (SW) defective carbon-boron-nitride nanotubes (CBN) using first principles calculations. The defective CBN nanotubes were modeled by introducing Stone–Wales defects in the boron-nitride segment (BN-SW), the carbon segment (C-SW), and the carbon-boron-nitride interface segment (CBN-SW). Initially, we studied the formation energies and the structural stability for all models. As a result of adding the SW defects, the calculated bandgap values of the C-SW and CBN-SW models showed significant changes compared to the pristine CBN nanotube. Meanwhile, the BN-SW model showed a slight bandgap change because of the strong covalent bonding between the boron and nitrogen atoms. Applying a transverse electric field induced a fast bandgap closing response in all models, indicating a rapid semiconductor-to-metal phase transition. The defective C-SW and CBN-SW models demonstrated unique bandgap closing patterns in response to applied transverse and longitudinal electric fields, while pristine and BN-SW models had similar bandgap responses.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20734352
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Crystals
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.944c6524321a4a7fb159ab44516ebb69
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12030321