First-principles calculations of electronic and optical properties of Fe1-xZnxS2 and Zn1-xMgxO alloys

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Electronic properties of Fe1xZnxS2 and Zn1xMgxO alloys are performed by using full potential linearized augmented plane wave method (FP-LAPW). Band gap energies have been calculated by using concomitantly LDA with Tran Blaha modified Becke-Johnson (TB-mBJ) potentials. The corrected positions related to valence band maximum (VBM) and conduction band minimum (CBM) have been evaluated by manybody perturbation theory in GW approximation. The electron affinities of these alloys are determined by knowledge the exact position of CBM from the fit of total density of states (TDOS). In the case of 0 at % of (Zn, Mg) alloyed elements, pyrite FeS2 and wurtzite ZnO, respectively, exhibit positive electron affinities of 3.34 eV and 4.34 eV, which are in close with experimental measurements. As for optical properties, the absorption coefficient spectra and refraction index variations are performed from momentum matrix elements and interpreted via the projected density of states. The studied alloys show significant responses in visible range and a blue shift in connection with increasing the alloyed elements.

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