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Electronic structures and optical properties of Nb-doped SrTiO3 from first principles

Shujuan Jiao, Jinliang Yan, Guipeng Sun and Yinnü Zhao

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Abstract: The n-type Nb-doped SrTiO3 with different doping concentrations were studied by first principles calculations. The effects of Nb concentration on the formation enthalpy, electronic structure and optical property were investigated. Results show that Nb preferentially enters the Ti site in SrTiO3, which is in good agreement with the experimental observation. The Fermi level of Nb-doped SrTiO3 moves into the bottom of the conduction band, and the system becomes an n-type semiconductor. The effect of Nb-doping concentration on the conductivity was discussed from the microscopic point of view. Furthermore, the 1.11 at% Nb-doped SrTiO3 shows strong absorption in the visible light and becomes a very useful material for photo-catalytic activity. The 1.67 at% and 2.5 at% Nb-doped models will be potential transparent conductive materials.

Key words: semiconductor dopingelectric propertyoptical propertyelectronic structure



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Fig. 1.  (Color online) Supercell of 2 × 2 × 2 cubic perovskite SrTiO3. The green,gray and red spheres represent Sr,Ti and O atoms,respectively.

Fig. 2.  (Color online) Band structure of (a) pure SrTiO3 and (b) 2.5 at% Nb-doped SrTiO3. The dash line represents the Fermi energy level.

Fig. 3.  (Color online) (a) The density of states for 2.5 at% Nb-doped SrTiO3 (b) relative electron numbers from Nb 4d and Ti 3d at different Nb-doping concentration,and (c) occupied states of Nb-doped SrTiO3 at various concentrations.

Fig. 4.  (Color online) Absorption of pure and Nb-doped SrTiO3 at different concentrations. The inset shows the condensed plots.

Table 1.   Formation enthalpies of Nb-doped SrTiO3 with different concentration.

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Table 2.   Geometry parameters,unit cell volumes,average Mulliken charges and average bond lengths of Nb-doped SrTiO3.

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    Received: 16 October 2015 Revised: 13 November 2015 Online: Published: 01 July 2016

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      Shujuan Jiao, Jinliang Yan, Guipeng Sun, Yinnü Zhao. Electronic structures and optical properties of Nb-doped SrTiO3 from first principles[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2016, 37(7): 072001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/7/072001 S J Jiao, J L Yan, G P Sun, Y Zhao. Electronic structures and optical properties of Nb-doped SrTiO3 from first principles[J]. J. Semicond., 2016, 37(7): 072001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/7/072001.Export: BibTex EndNote
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      Shujuan Jiao, Jinliang Yan, Guipeng Sun, Yinnü Zhao. Electronic structures and optical properties of Nb-doped SrTiO3 from first principles[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2016, 37(7): 072001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/7/072001

      S J Jiao, J L Yan, G P Sun, Y Zhao. Electronic structures and optical properties of Nb-doped SrTiO3 from first principles[J]. J. Semicond., 2016, 37(7): 072001. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/7/072001.
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      Electronic structures and optical properties of Nb-doped SrTiO3 from first principles

      doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/37/7/072001
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      • Corresponding author: Yan Jinliang, Email: yanjinliang8@sina.com
      • Received Date: 2015-10-16
      • Revised Date: 2015-11-13
      • Published Date: 2016-01-25

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