scholarly journals Formation energies of rutile metal dioxides using density functional theory

2009 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. I. Martínez ◽  
H. A. Hansen ◽  
J. Rossmeisl ◽  
J. K. Nørskov
Author(s):  
Shehab Shousha ◽  
Sarah Khalil ◽  
Mostafa Youssef

This paper studies comprehensively the defect chemistry and cation diffusion in α-Fe2O3. Defect formation energies and migration barriers are calculated using density functional theory with a theoretically calibrated Hubbard U...


2008 ◽  
Vol 1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byeong-Eon Lee ◽  
Dae-Hee Kim ◽  
Yeong-Cheol Kim

AbstractWe studied oxygen migration in calcia-stabilized cubic zirconia (CSZ) using density functional theory. A Ca atom was substituted for a Zr atom in a 2×2×2 ZrO2 cubic supercell, and an oxygen vacancy was produced to satisfy the charge neutrality condition. We found that the formation energies of an oxygen vacancy, as a function of its location with respect to the Ca atom, were varied. The relative formation energies of the oxygen vacancies located at the first-, second-, third-, and fourth-nearest-neighbors were 0.0, −0.07, 0.19, and 0.19 eV, respectively. Therefore, the oxygen vacancy located at the second-nearest-neighbor site of the Ca atom was the most favorable, the oxygen vacancy located at the first-nearest-neighbor site was the second most favorable, and the oxygen vacancies at the third- and fourth-nearest-neighbor sites were the least favorable. We also calculated the energy barriers for the oxygen vacancy migration between oxygen sites. The energy barriers between the first and the second nearest sites, the second and third nearest sites, and the third and fourth nearest sites were 0.11, 0.46, and 0.23 eV, respectively. Therefore, the oxygen vacancies favored the first- and second-nearest-neighbor oxygen sites when they drifted under an electric field.


INEOS OPEN ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Borisov ◽  
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S. S. Kiselev ◽  

The interaction of cucurbiturils (Q6, Q7, and Q8) with Ca and Ba chlorides and iodides are studied for the first time by density functional theory. The thermodynamic parameters for the formation of host–guest complexes are calculated. The structures of complexes of Q6 and Q7 with one and two guest molecules are established. The energy parameters for the transfer of Be2+ and Ba2+ cations from an aqueous solution into the cavity of Q7 containing n water molecules are defined. The dependences of the formation energies for complexes Q7WnBe2+ and Q7WnBa2+ on the number of water molecules are shown to be parabolic, with the energy minima at n = 5 and n = 6, respectively. It is found that Q7 can form in an aqueous solution supramolecular complexes with protonated histamine (HA) and neutral histamine in the presence of Ca2+ ions.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (30) ◽  
pp. 16818-16829 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Ghosh ◽  
A. Arya

Formation energies of PuO2, α-Pu2O3 and sub-oxides PuO2−x (0.0 < x < 0.5) are determined using density functional theory employing generalised gradient approximation corrected with an effective Hubbard parameter.


2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (08) ◽  
pp. 1269-1275 ◽  
Author(s):  
YANLING LI ◽  
ZHI ZENG

The elastic properties of rutile transition metal dioxides XO2 ( X = Ru , Rh , Os , and Ir ) are investigated using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory. Elastic constants, bulk modulus, shear modulus, and Young's modulus as well as Possion ratio are given. OsO 2 and IrO 2 show strong incompressibility. The hardness estimated for these dioxides shows that they are not superhard solids. The obtained Debye temperatures are comparative to those of transition metal dinitrides or diborides.


2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 1350014
Author(s):  
DIHUA WU ◽  
ZHEN ZHOU

The difficulty of achieving p-type conductance has severely limited the application of ZnO to electronic devices. In this work, we propose a simple and effective way to achieving p-type semiconducting ZnO nanowires (NWs) through density functional theory computations. Adsorption of tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) during synthetic procedures leads to lower formation energies, and accordingly higher concentration of p-type defects; after the formation of ZnO NWs and the desorption of TTF, p-type ZnO NWs can be achieved. Also, we present a facile synthesis route on basis of previous experiments, which provides some guidance for the realization of p-type ZnO NWs.


2000 ◽  
Vol 639 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Gregie ◽  
R. Y. Korotkov ◽  
B. W. Wessels

ABSTRACTDeep level defects in oxygen doped GaN grown by metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy were investigated. Using steady-state photocapacitance (SSPC) spectroscopy, three deep levels with optical ionization energies of 1.0, 1.4, and 3.25 eV were observed in both nominally undoped and oxygen-doped samples. The total deep level defect concentrations ranged from 6 × 1015 cm-3 in undoped films to 3 × 1016 cm-3 in oxygen-doped films. The concentration of the 3.25 eV level defect increased upon oxygen doping, while the concentrationof the 1.0 and 1.4 eV levels were essentially dopant independent. From the measured concentrations the formation energies of the defects were calculated and compared to energies calculated using density functional theory.


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