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The optical-electrical properties of doped β-FeSi2

Wanjun Yan1, 2, Chunhong Zhang1, Zhongzheng Zhang1, Quan Xie2, Benhua Guo1 and Shiyun Zhou1,

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 Corresponding author: Zhou Shiyun, s.y.zhou@163.com

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Abstract: By using the pseudo-potential plane-wave method of first principles based on the density function theory, the geometrical, electronic structures and optical properties of FeSi1.875M0.125 (M=B, N, Al, P) were calculated and analyzed. The calculated structural parameters depend strongly on the kinds of dopants and sites. The total energy calculations for substitution of dopants at the SiI and the SiⅡ sites revealed that Al and P prefer the SiI sites, whereas B and N prefer the SiⅡ sites. The calculations predict that B-and Al-doped β-FeSi2 show p-type conduction, while N-and P-doped show n-type. Optical property calculations show that N-doping has little influence on the complex dielectric function of β -FeSi2; B-, N-, Al-and P-doping can enhance the electronic transition, refractive index, and reflection effect in the low-energy range, and weaken the reflection effect at the max peak of reflectivity. These results can offer theoretical guidance for the design and application of optoelectronic material β -FeSi2.

Key words: doped β-FeSi2geometrical structureelectronic structuresoptical propertiesfirst principles



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Fig. 1.  The computational model of doped FeSi1.875M0.125

Fig. 2.  The band structures near the Fermi energy of FeSi1.875M0.125 (M = B, N, Al, P)

Fig. 3.  TDOS and PDOS of impurity-doped FeSi1.875M0.125

Fig. 4.  The complex dielectric function of $\beta $-FeSi2

Fig. 5.  The absorption coefficient of $\beta $-FeSi2 and FeSi1.875M0.125

Fig. 6.  Complex refractive index of $\beta $-FeSi2 and FeSi1.875M0.125

Fig. 8.  Reflectivity of $\beta $-FeSi2 and FeSi1.875M0.125

Fig. 7.  Conductivity of $\beta $-FeSi2 and FeSi1.875M0.125

Fig. 9.  Loss function of $\beta $-FeSi2 and FeSi1.875M0.125

Table 1.   The experimental (un-relaxed) and calculated (relaxed) (Ref. [16]) structural parameters for non-doped and impurity-doped $\beta $-FeSi2

Table 2.   Total-energy differences ($\Delta E$) between Fe$_{16}$Si30M2$^{\rm Ⅰ}$ and Fe$_{16}$Si30M2$^{\rm Ⅱ}$ (M = B, N, Al, P) and stable sites of M

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[2]
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Leong D, Harry M, Reeson K, et al. A silicon/iron-disilicide light-emitting diode operating at a wavelength of 1.5μm. Nature, 1997, 387(6634):686 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v387/n6634/abs/387686a0.html?foxtrotcallback=true
[4]
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[5]
Arushanov E, Lisunov K, Vinzelberg H, et al. Hopping conductivity and spectrum of localized carriers in β -FeSi2:Mn. Moldavian Journal of the Physical Sciences, 2009, 8(N1):49 http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/jpol/2014/827043.xml
[6]
Arushanov E, Schön J, Lange H. Transport properties of Cr-doped β -FeSi2. Thin Solid Films, 2001, 381(2):282 doi: 10.1016/S0040-6090(00)01757-0
[7]
Maeda Y, Terai Y, Itakura M. Enhancement of photoresponse properties of β -FeSi2/Si heterojunctions by Al doping. Opt Mater, 2005, 27(5):920 doi: 10.1016/j.optmat.2004.08.036
[8]
Terai Y, Maeda Y. Photoluminescence enhancement in impurity doped β -FeSi2. Opt Mater, 2005, 27(5):925 doi: 10.1016/j.optmat.2004.08.037
[9]
Tani J, Kido H. Electrical properties of Co-doped and Ni-doped β -FeSi2. J Appl Phys, 1998, 84(3):1408 doi: 10.1063/1.368174
[10]
Tani J, Kido H. Thermoelectric properties of Pt-doped β -FeSi2. J Appl Phys, 2000, 88(10):5810 doi: 10.1063/1.1322597
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Tani J I, Kido H. First principle calculation of the geometrical and electronic structure of impurity-doped β -FeSi2 semiconductors. J Solid State Chem, 2002, 163(1):248 doi: 10.1006/jssc.2001.9399
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Yan W J, Xie Q. First principle calculation of the electronic structure and optical properties of impurity-doped β -FeSi2 semiconductors. Journal of Semiconductors, 2008, 29(6):1141 http://www.jos.ac.cn/bdtxbcn/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=07101005&flag=1
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Monkhorst H J, Pack J D. Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations. Phys Rev B, 1976, 13(12):5188 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.13.5188
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Vanderbilt D. Soft self-consistent pseudopotentials in a generalized eigenvalue formalism. Phys Rev B, 1990, 41(11):7892 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.41.7892
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Yan W J, Xie Q, Zhang J M, et al. Theoretical study of interband optical transitions in semiconducting iron disilicide β -FeSi2. Chinese Journal of Semiconductors, 2007, 28(9):1381 http://www.oalib.com/paper/1521440
[22]
Shen X C. Spectrum and optical property of semiconductor. Beijing:Science Press, 1992(in Chinese)
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