空位及氮掺杂二维ZnO单层材料性质:第一性原理计算与分子轨道分析

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法,系统地研究了带缺陷的二维类石墨烯结构的ZnO(graphenelike-ZnO,g-ZnO)的几何结构、电子结构、磁性性质和吸收光谱性质.研究的缺陷类型包括锌原子空位(VZn_g-ZnO)、氧原子空位(VO_g-ZnO)、氮原子取代氧原子(NO_g-ZnO)和表面吸附氮原子(N@g-ZnO).研究发现:NO_g-ZnO体系和N@g-ZnO体系形变较小,而空位体系会引入较大的形变;g-ZnO本身无磁矩,引入Zn空位后,VZn_g-ZnO体系总磁矩为2.00μB;VO_g-ZnO体系无磁矩,但N掺杂后的NO_g-ZnO体系和氮吸附的N@g-ZnO体系的总磁矩分别为1.00μB和3.00μB.利用掺杂体系的局域对称性和分子轨道理论分析了杂质能级和磁矩的产生原因,并且通过分析光吸收曲线得知,引入空位缺陷或者N原子掺杂,可以有效增强g-ZnO单层材料的光吸收性能.研究结果对系统地理解g-ZnO及其缺陷模型的性质有重要意义,可以为发展基于g-ZnO的纳米电子器件和光催化应用提供理论参考.     

含空位二维六角氮化硼电子和磁性质的密度泛函研究

基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算, 研究了含B原子空位(V_B), N原子空位(V_N), 以及含B–N键空位 (V_B+N)缺陷的二维氮化硼(h-BN)的电子和磁性质. 在微观结构上, V_B体系表现为在空位附近的N原子重构成等腰三角形, V_N体系靠近空穴的B 原子形成等边三角形, V_B+N体系靠近空穴处的B和N原子在h-BN平面上重构为梯形. 三种空位缺陷都使h-BN的带隙类型从直接带隙转变为间接带隙. V_B体系的总磁矩为1.0 μ_B, 磁矩全部由N原子贡献. 其中空穴周围的三个N原子磁矩方向不完全一致, 存在着铁磁性和反铁磁性两种耦合方式. 对于V_N 体系, 整个晶胞内的总磁矩也为1.0 μ_B, 磁矩在空穴周围区域呈现一定的分布. 关键词： 二维h-BN 空位 电子结构 磁性     

空位缺陷及Mg替位对纤锌矿(Ga,Mn)N电子结构和磁光性能的影响

采用自旋密度泛函理论框架下的广义梯度近似(GGA+U)平面波超软赝势方法,构建了未掺杂纤锌矿GaN超胞、三种不同有序占位Mn双掺GaN,(Mn,Mg)共掺杂GaN以及存在空位缺陷的Mn掺杂GaN超胞模型,分别对所有模型的能带结构、电子态密度、能量以及光学性质进行了计算.计算结果表明:与纯的GaN相比,Mn掺杂GaN体系的体积略有增大,掺杂体系居里温度能够达到室温以上;随着双掺杂Mn-Mn间距的增大,体系总能量和形成能升高、稳定性下降、掺杂越难;(Mn,Mg)共掺杂并不能有效增大掺杂体系磁矩,也不能达到提高掺杂体系居里温度的作用;Ga空位缺陷和N空位缺陷的存在不利于Mn掺杂GaN形成稳定的铁磁有序.此外,Mn离子的掺入在费米能级附近引入自旋极化杂质带,正是由于费米能级附近自旋极化杂质带中不同电子态间的跃迁,介电函数虚部在0.6868eV附近、光吸收谱在1.25eV附近分别出现了一个较强的新峰.     

二维缺陷GaAs电子结构和光学性质第一性原理研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法计算了存在Ga空位缺陷和掺杂B原子的二维GaAs的能带结构、态密度和光学性质.计算结果表明空位缺陷二维GaAs显示出金属特性,B原子的引入使体系变为间接带隙半导体,禁带宽度为0.35 eV.态密度计算发现体系低能带主要由Ga的s态、p态、d态和As的s态、p态构成;高能带主要由Ga和As的s态、p态构成.掺杂B原子与存在空位缺陷的二维GaAs相比,静态介电常数相对较低,变为8.42,且易于吸收紫外光,在3.90～8.63 eV能量范围具有金属反射特性,反射率达到52%.     

非金属N和过渡金属(Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd)掺杂SnO2磁性的第一性原理研究

本文基于第一性原理方法,对非金属元素(N)与过渡金属元素(Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd)掺杂SnO₂的电子结构和磁学性质进行计算分析.结果表明：形成能与过渡金属原子半径密切相关,随着过渡金属原子半径的增加,形成能在降低,其中N-Mo掺杂体系形成能最低,故该体系最容易掺杂形成;能带结构分析表明,由于掺杂体系自旋向上/向下杂质能级的数量和分布均不对称,掺杂体系均有磁性产生;进一步探究态密度可知,体系产生磁性的原因是过渡金属原子和N原子之间产生p-d轨道杂化,最外层电子轨道上的空位及单电子相互耦合所导致.结果表明,由于掺杂原子的引入,SnO₂体系产生磁性,并且掺杂体系呈现亚铁磁性,其中N-Rh掺杂体系的磁性最好,其磁矩为1.88μB,有望成为良好的稀磁半导体材料.     

Co对单层MoS_2电子结构与磁性的影响

为了研究Co对单层MoS_2电子结构和磁性的影响,本文基于第一性原理,采用数值基组的方法计算了Co吸附式掺杂、Co替代式掺杂单层MoS_2的能带结构、态密度以及分析了其结构的稳定性.结果发现:Co替换式掺杂体系的形成能较低,实验上容易实现;Co在Mo位吸附的稳定性强于在S位吸附;Mo位吸附体系的总磁矩为0.999μB,其磁矩的主要来源于Co原子的吸附所贡献的0.984μB,Co原子的掺杂体系总磁矩为1.029μB,其磁矩的主要由Co原子替代掉一个Mo原子所贡献的磁矩为0.9444μB,相比于吸附体系,Co原子对磁矩的贡献率有所降低;无论是Co吸附在单层MoS_2表面还是Co直接替代掉Mo原子的掺杂体系,Co原子3d轨道的引入是引起单层MoS_2体系磁性的主要原因.     

过渡金属元素X（X=Mo，Tc，Ru）掺杂单层GaS的第一性原理研究

近年来,二维GaS由于其优异的性质引起了科研人员的关注.基于密度泛函理论计算了过渡金属元素X(X=Mo, Tc, Ru)掺杂单层二维GaS的电子结构、磁性性质及光学性质.计算结果表明：单层GaS材料为间接带隙的非磁性半导体,在对S位点进行替位式掺杂后,Ga-rich和S-rich条件的形成能均为正数,导致过渡金属元素Mo、Tc和Ru不能自发地进入进入单层GaS材料中.所有掺杂体系都引入了杂质能级,杂质能级主要由掺杂原子的4d轨道贡献.掺杂后所有体系的带隙都有所减小,上自旋和下自旋的能带结构不再对称,使得Mo掺杂体系呈现半金属铁磁性,Tc和Ru掺杂体系呈磁性半导体特性,Mo、Tc和Ru掺杂后的总磁矩分别为4μ_B, 3μ_B和2μ_B,磁矩主要由掺杂原子的局域磁矩产生.掺杂后单层GaS的静介电常数得到提高,吸收谱出现红移,在可见光区和近红外区的吸收系数变大,对可见光的利用率增强.     

应变和C掺杂对单层BN纳米片的电子结构和磁学性质的影响

利用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法, 研究了应变和C原子掺杂对单层BN纳米片的电子结构和磁学性质的影响. 计算结果表明未掺杂的单层BN纳米片具有宽的直接带隙, 在压缩和拉伸应变的作用下, 带隙会分别增大和减小, 但应变对带隙的调制整体效果不太明显. 单个C原子掺入BN纳米片的态密度揭示体系呈现出半金属性(Half-metallicity), 磁矩主要源于C 2p态, 而B 2p和N 2p态在极化作用下也能提供部分磁矩. 两个C原子掺入BN纳米片时, 磁性基态会随着C原子的间距发生变化: 当两C原子为最近邻(nn)和次近邻(nnn)时, 反铁磁态为磁性基态; 而当两C原子为次次近邻(nnnn)时, 铁磁态为基态, 并且其态密度也显示出半金属性.     

N空位对Cu掺杂AlN电磁性质的影响的第一性原理研究

利用基于密度泛函理论的平面波超软赝势法研究了N空位对Cu掺杂AlN的电子结构和磁学性质的影响.结果表明,与Cu最近邻的N原子更易失去形成N空位.N空位的引入减小了Cu掺杂AlN体系的半金属能隙;减弱了Cu及其近邻N原子的自旋极化的强度以及Cu3d与N2p轨道间的杂化,因而减小了体系的半金属铁磁性.因此,制备Cu掺杂AlN稀磁半导体时应尽可能地避免N空位的产生.     

钴铝共掺3C-SiC电子结构和磁性的第一性原理计算

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理计算方法,分别计算了不同Co原子比例单掺杂、Al原子单掺杂和Co-Al共掺杂3C-SiC的电子结构和磁性参数.结果表明:随着掺杂Co原子比例的增大,单个Co原子对体系总磁矩贡献的平均值反而减小.由电子态密度分析掺杂3C-SiC体系中的磁性来源,主要是由Co-3d以及Co原子附近的C-2p电子轨道的自旋极化产生的. Al单掺3C-SiC时体系中每个原子的平均磁矩和体系总磁矩均为0,即Al单掺杂体系不具有磁性.而Co-Al共掺杂得到的体系总磁矩比单掺等量Co时要大约0. 09μB,即Co-3d与Al-3p电子轨道发生轨道杂化,使得Co-Al共掺杂可以增大Co原子对体系总磁矩的贡献.     

Ga vacancy induced ferromagnetism enhancement and electronic structures of RE-doped GaN

Because of their possible applications in spintronic and optoelectronic devices, GaN dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMSs) doped by rare-earth (RE) elements have attracted much attention since the high Curie temperature was obtained in RE-doped GaN DMSs and a colossal magnetic moment was observed in the Gd-doped GaN thin film. We have systemically studied the GaN DMSs doped by RE elements (La, Ce–Yb) using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method within the framework of density functional theory and adding the considerations of the electronic correlation and the spin-orbital coupling effects. We have studied the electronic structures of DMSs, especially for the contribution from f electrons. The origin of magnetism, magnetic interaction and the possible mechanism of the colossal magnetic moment were explored. We found that, for materials containing f electrons, electronic correlation was usually strong and the spin–orbital coupling was sometimes crucial in determining the magnetic ground state. It was found that GaN doped by La was non-magnetic. GaN doped by Ce, Nd, Pm, Eu, Gd, Tb and Tm are stabilized at antiferromagnetic phase, while GaN doped by other RE elements show strong ferromagnetism which is suitable materials for spintronic devices. Moreover, we have identified that the observed large enhancement of magnetic moment in GaN is mainly caused by Ga vacancies (3.0μB per Ga vacancy), instead of the spin polarization by magnetic ions or originating from N vacancies. Various defects, such as substitutional Mg for Ga, O for N under the RE doping were found to bring a reduction of ferromagnetism. In addition, intermediate bands were observed in some systems of GaN:RE and GaN with intrinsic defects, which possibly opens the potential application of RE-doped semiconductors in the third generation high efficiency photovoltaic devices.     

Magnetic properties of Ni doped gallium nitride with vacancy induced defect

Investigations have been carried out to study the ferromagnetic properties of transition metal (TM) doped wurtzite GaN from first principle calculations using tight binding linear muffin-tin orbital (TBLMTO) method within the density functional theory. The present calculation reveals ferromagnetism in nickel doped GaN with a magnetic moment of 1.13 μ_B for 6.25% of Ni doping and 1.32 μ_B for 12.5% of nickel doping, there is a decrease of magnetic moment when two Ni atoms are bonded via nitrogen atom. The Ga vacancy (V_Ga) induced defect shows ferromagnetic state. Here the magnetic moment arises due to the tetrahedral bonding of three N atoms with the vacancy which is at a distance of 3.689 Å and the other N atom which is at a distance of 3.678 Å .On the other hand the defect induced by N vacancy (V_N) has no effect on magnetic moment and the system shows metallic character. When Ni is introduced into a Ga vacancy (V_Ga) site, charge transfer occur from the Ni ‘d’ like band to acceptor level of V_Ga and formed a strong Ni–N bond. In this Ni–V_Ga complex with an Ni ion and a Ga defect, the magnetic moment due to N atom is 0.299 μ_B .In case of Ni substitution in Ga site with N vacancy, the system is ferromagnetic with a magnetic moment of 1 μ_B.     

Strain-induced magnetism in ReS_2 monolayer with defects

We investigate the effects of strain on the electronic and magnetic properties of ReS_2 monolayer with sulfur vacancies using density functional theory.Unstrained ReS_2 monolayer with monosulfur vacancy(V_s) and disulfur vacancy(V_(2S))both are nonmagnetic.However,as strain increases to 8%,V_S-doped ReS_2 monolayer appears a magnetic half-metal behavior with zero total magnetic moment.In particular,for V_(2S)-doped ReS_2 monolayer,the system becomes a magnetic semiconductor under 6%strain,in which Re atoms at vicinity of vacancy couple anti-ferromagnetically with each other,and continues to show a ferromagnetic metal characteristic with total magnetic moment of 1.60μb under 7%strain.Our results imply that the strain-manipulated ReS_2 monolayer with V_S and V_(2S) can be a possible candidate for new spintronic applications.     

Structural,electronic,and magnetic behaviors of 5d transition metal atom substituted divacancy graphene:A first-principles study

Structural, electronic, and magnetic behaviors of 5d transition metal(TM) atom substituted divacancy(DV) graphene are investigated using first-principles calculations. Different 5d TM atoms(Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, and Pt) are embedded in graphene, these impurity atoms replace 2 carbon atoms in the graphene sheet. It is revealed that the charge transfer occurs from 5d TM atoms to the graphene layer. Hf, Ta, and W substituted graphene structures exhibit a finite band gap at high symmetric K-point in their spin up and spin down channels with 0.783 μB, 1.65 μB, and 1.78 μB magnetic moments,respectively. Ir and Pt substituted graphene structures display indirect band gap semiconductor behavior. Interestingly, Os substituted graphene shows direct band gap semiconductor behavior having a band gap of approximately 0.4 e V in their spin up channel with 1.5 μB magnetic moment. Through density of states(DOS) analysis, we can predict that d orbitals of 5d TM atoms could be responsible for introducing ferromagnetism in the graphene layer. We believe that our obtained results provide a new route for potential applications of dilute magnetic semiconductors and half-metals in spintronic devices by employing 5d transition metal atom-doped graphene complexes.     

Ferromagnetism in GaN:Gd: a density functional theory study

First-principle calculations of the electronic structure and magnetic interaction of GaN:Gd have been performed within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) of the density functional theory with the on-site Coulomb energy U taken into account (also referred to as GGA+U). The ferromagnetic p-d coupling is found to be over 2 orders of magnitude larger than the s-d exchange coupling. The experimental colossal magnetic moments and room-temperature ferromagnetism in GaN:Gd reported recently are explained by the interaction of Gd 4f spins via p-d coupling involving holes introduced by intrinsic defects such as Ga vacancies.     

Ferromagnetism driven by cation vacancy in GaN thin films and nanowires

The first-principles calculations have been performed to understand the origin of magnetism in undoped GaN thin films. The results show that Ga vacancy, rather than that of N contributes the observed magnetism, and the magnetic moments mainly come from the unpaired 2p electrons at nearest-neighbor N atoms of the Ga vacancy. Calculations and discussions are also extended to bare and passivated GaN nanowires, We find that per Ga vacancy on the surface sites products the total magnetic moment of 1.0  while that inside of the nanowires can lead to the formation of a net moment of 3.0 . The coupling between two Ga vacancies is also studied and we found that the coupling is ferromagnetic coupling. The surface passivation with hydrogen is shown to strongly enhance the ferromagnetism. Our theoretical study not only demonstrates that GaN nanowire can be magnetic even without transition-metal doping, but also suggests that introducing Ga vacancy is a natural and an effective way to fabricate low-dimensional magnetic GaN nanostructures.     

Electronic structure and magnetic properties of substitutional transition-metal atoms in GaN nanotubes

The electronic structure and magnetic properties of the transition-metal(TM) atoms(Sc–Zn, Pt and Au) doped zigzag GaN single-walled nanotubes(NTs) are investigated using first-principles spin-polarized density functional calculations. Our results show that the bindings of all TM atoms are stable with the binding energy in the range of 6–16 eV. The Sc- and V-doped GaN NTs exhibit a nonmagnetic behavior. The GaN NTs doped with Ti, Mn, Ni, Cu and Pt are antiferromagnetic. On the contrary, the Cr-, Fe-, Co-, Zn- and Au-doped GaN NTs show the ferromagnetic characteristics. The Mn- and Codoped GaN NTs induce the largest local moment of 4μB among these TM atoms. The local magnetic moment is dominated by the contribution from the substitutional TM atom and the N atoms bonded with it.     

Colossal magnetic moment of Gd in GaN

We investigate the magnetic properties of epitaxial GaN:Gd layers as a function of the external magnetic field and temperature. An unprecedented magnetic moment is observed in this diluted magnetic semiconductor. The average value of the moment per Gd atom is found to be as high as 4000 micro(B) as compared to its atomic moment of 8 micro(B). The long-range spin polarization of the GaN matrix by Gd is also reflected in the circular polarization of magnetophotoluminescence measurements. Moreover, the materials system is found to be ferromagnetic above room temperature in the entire concentration range under investigation (7 x 10(15) to 2 x 10(19) cm(-3)). We propose a phenomenological model to understand the macroscopic magnetic behavior of the system. Our study reveals a close connection between the observed ferromagnetism and the colossal magnetic moment of Gd.     

Tuning magnetism of monolayer GaN by vacancy and nonmagnetic chemical doping

In view of important role of inducing and manipulating the magnetism in 2D materials for the development of low-dimensional spintronic devices, the magnetism of GaN monolayer with Ga vacancy and nonmagnetic chemical doping are investigated using first-principles calculations. It is found that pure GaN monolayer has graphene-like structure and is nonmagnetic. While, a neutral Ga vacancy can induce 3 μ_B intrinsic magnetic moment, localized mainly on the neighboring N atoms. Interestingly, after one Mg or Si atom doping in g-GaN with Ga vacancy, the magnetic moment can be modified to 4 μ_B or 2 μ_B respectively due to the change in hole number. Meantime, Mg-doped g-GaN with Ga vacancy shows half-metal character. With the increasing of doping concentrations, the magnetic moment can be further tuned. The results are interesting from a theoretical point of view and may open opportunities for these 2D GaN based materials in magnetic devices.