Ba2ScSbO6 (BSS) has been synthesized in polycrystalline form by solid state reaction. Structural characterization of the compound was done through X-ray diffraction (XRD) followed by Riedvelt analysis of the XRD pattern. The crystal structure is cubic, space group Fm-3m (No. 225. Optical band-gap of the present system has been calculated using the UV-Vis Spectroscopy to be 4.2eV. A detailed study of the electronic properties has also been carried out using the Full-Potential Linear Augmented Plane Wave (FPLAPW) as implemented in WIEN2k. BSS is found to be a large band-gap insulator with potential technological applications, such as dielectric resonators and filers in microwave applications
Ba2CoWO6 (BCoW) has been synthesized in polycrystalline form by solid state reaction at 1200C. Structural characterization of the compound was done through X-ray diffraction (XRD) followed by Rietveld analysis of the XRD pattern. The crystal structure is cubic, space group Fm-3m (No 225) with the lattice parameter, a=8.210A. Optical band-gap of the present system has been calculated using the UV-Vis Spectroscopy and Kubelka-Munk function, its value being 2.45 eV. A detailed study of the electronic properties has also been carried out using the density functional theory (DFT) techniques implemented on WIEN2k. Importance of electron-electron interaction between the Co ions leading to half-metallic behavior, crystal and exchange splitting together with the hybridization between O and Co, W has been investigated using the total and partial density of states.
The electronic and optical properties of the cleavage InAs(110) surface are studied using a semi-empirical tight-binding method which employs an extended atomic-like basis set. We describe and discuss the electronic character of the surface electronic states and we compare with other theoretical approaches, and with experimental observations. We calculate the surface electronic band structure and the Reflectance Anisotropy Spectrum, which are described and discussed in terms of the surface electronic states and the atomic structure.
The phonon properties, electronic structures and optical properties of novel carbon allotropes, such as monolayer penta-graphene (PG), double-layer PG and T12-carbon, were explored by means of first-principles calculations. Results of phonon calculations demonstrate that these exotic carbon allotropes are dynamically stable. In addition, the bulk T12 phase is an indirect-gap semiconductor having a bandgap of ~4.89 eV. Whereas the bulk material transforms to a 2D phase, the monolayer and double-layer PG become quasi-direct gap semiconductors with smaller band gaps of ~2.64 eV and ~3.27eV, respectively. Furthermore, the partial charge density analysis indicates that the 2D phases retain part of the electronic characteristics of the T12 phase. The linear photon energy-dependent dielectric functions and related optical properties including refractive index, extinction coefficient, absorption spectrum, reflectivity, and energy loss spectrum were also computed and discussed. The structural estimation obtained as well as other findings are in agreement with existing theoretical data. The calculated results are beneficial to the practical applications of these exotic carbon allotropes in optoelectronics and electronics.
The peculiar electronic and optical properties of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are largely determined by protonation, a ubiquitous phenomenon in the solution environment in which they are synthesized. The resulting effects are non-trivial and appear to be crucial for the intriguing functionalities of these materials. In the quantum-mechanical framework of time-dependent density-functional theory, we investigate from first principles the impact of protonation of triazine and amino groups in molecular building blocks of COFs in water solution. In all considered cases, we find that proton uptake leads to a gap reduction and to a reorganization of the electronic structure, driven by the presence of the proton and by the electrostatic attraction between the positively charged protonated species and the negative counterion in its vicinity. Structural distortions induced by protonation are found to play only a minor role. The interplay between band-gap renormalization and exciton binding strength determines the energy of the absorption onsets: when the former prevails on the latter, a red-shift is observed. Furthermore, the spatial and energetic rearrangement of the molecular orbitals upon protonation induces a splitting of the lowest-energy peaks and a decrease of their oscillator strength in comparison with the pristine counterparts. Our results offer quantitative and microscopic insight into the role of protonation on the electronic and optical properties of triazine derivatives as building blocks of COFs. As such, they contribute to rationalize the relationships between structure, property, and functionality of these materials.
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed to predict the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of electrically neutral or charged few-atomic-layer (AL) oxides whose parent systems are based on polar perovskite $KTaO_{3}$. Their properties vary greatly with the number of ALs ($n_{AL}$) and the stoichiometric ratio. In the few-AL limit ($n_{AL}leqslant 14$), the even AL (EL) systems with chemical formula $(KTaO_{3})_{n}$ are semiconductors, while the odd AL (OL) systems with formula ($K_{n+1}Ta_{n}O_{3n+1}$ or $K_{n}Ta_{n+1}O_{3n+2}$) are half-metal except for the unique $KTa_{2}O_{5}$ case which is a semiconductor due to the large Peierls distortions. After reaching certain critical thickness ($n_{AL}>14$), the EL systems show ferromagnetic surface states, while ferromagnetism disappears in the OL systems. These predictions from fundamental complexity of polar perovskite when approaching the two-dimensional (2D) limit may be helpful for interpreting experimental observations later.