Electric Gap Control in a Semiconductor

We show that the Bi-Layer Graphene allows the control of its electronic gap under an applied voltage

Spontaneous Octahedral Tilting in the Cubic Inorganic Caesium Halide Perovskites CsSnX3_3 and CsPbX3_3 (X = F, Cl, Br, I)

The local crystal structures of many perovskite-structured materials deviate from the average space group symmetry. We demonstrate, from lattice-dynamics calculations based on quantum chemical force constants, that all the caesium-lead and caesium-tin halide perovskites exhibit vibrational instabilities associated with octahedral titling in their high-temperature cubic phase. Anharmonic double-well potentials are found for zone-boundary phonon modes in all compounds with barriers ranging from 108 to 512 meV. The well depth is correlated with the tolerance factor and the chemistry of the composition, but is not proportional to the imaginary harmonic phonon frequency. We provide quantitative insights into the thermodynamic driving forces and distinguish between dynamic and static disorder based on the potential-energy landscape. A positive band gap deformation (spectral blueshift) accompanies the structural distortion, with implications for understanding the performance of these materials in applications areas including solar cells and light-emitting diodes

Layered topological semimetal GaGeTe: New polytype with non-centrosymmetric structure

[EN] GaGeTe is a layered van der Waals material composed of germanene and GaTe sublayers that has been recently predicted to be a basic Z2 topological semimetal. To date, only one polytype of GaGeTe is known with trigonal centrosymmetric structure (a phase, space group R-3m, No. 166). Here we show that asgrown samples of GaGeTe show traces of at least another polytype with hexagonal noncentrosymmetric structure (f3 phase, space group P63mc, No. 186). Moreover, we suggest that another bulk hexagonal polytype (g phase, space group P-3m1, No. 164) could also be found near room conditions. Both a and f3 polytypes have been identified and characterized by means of X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering measurements with the support of ab initio calculations. We provide the vibrational properties of both polytypes and show that the Raman spectrum reported for GaGeTe almost forty years ago and attributed to the a phase, was, in fact, that of the secondary f3 phase. Additionally, we show that a Fermi resonance occurs in a-GaGeTe under non-resonant excitation conditions, but not under resonant excitation conditions. Theoretical calculations show that bulk f3-GaGeTe is a non-centrosymmetric weak topological semimetal with even smaller lattice thermal conductivity than centrosymmetric bulk aGaGeTe. In perspective, our work paves the way for the control and engineering of GaGeTe polytypes to design and implement complex van der Waals heterostructures formed by a combination of centrosymmetric and non-centrosymmetric layers of up to three different polytypes in a single material, suitable for a number of fundamental studies and technological applications.This publication is part of the project MALTA Consolider Team network (RED2018-102612-T) , financed by MINECO/AEI/10.13039/501100003329; by I ? D ? i projects PID2019-106383 GB -41/42/43 financed by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033; and by project PROMETEO/2018/123 (EFIMAT) financed by Generalitat Valenciana. E.B. would like to thank the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia for his postdoctoral contract (Ref. PAID -10-21) . AHR was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) , Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences under award DE-SC0021375. We also acknowledge the computational resources awarded by XSEDE, a project supported by National Science Foundation grant number ACI-1053575. The authors also acknowledge the support from the Texas Advances Computer Center (with the Stampede2 and Bridges supercom- puters) . E.L.d.S would like to acknowledge the Network of Extreme Conditions Laboratories (NECL) , financed by FCT and co -financed by NORTE 2020, through the program Portugal 2020 and FEDER; the High Performance Computing Chair-a R & D infrastructure (based at the University of ? Evora; PI: M. Avillez) ; and for the computational support provided by the HPC center OBLIVION -U. ? Evora to perform the lattice thermal conductivity calculations. A.L. and D.E. would like to thank the Generalitat Valenciana for the Ph.D. Fellowship no. GRISOLIAP/2019/025.Gallego-Parra, S.; Bandiello, E.; Liang, A.; Da Silva, EL.; Rodriguez-Hernandez, P.; Muñoz, A.; Radescu, S.... (2022). Layered topological semimetal GaGeTe: New polytype with non-centrosymmetric structure. Materials Today Advances. 16:1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2022.1003091161

Electronic excitations in molecular solids:bridging theory and experiment

As the spatial and temporal resolution accessible to experiment and theory converge, computational chemistry is an increasingly powerful tool for modelling and interpreting spectroscopic data. However, the study of molecular processes, in particular those related to electronic excitations (e.g. photochemistry), frequently pushes quantum-chemical techniques to their limit. The disparity in the level of theory accessible to periodic and molecular calculations presents a significant challenge when modelling molecular crystals, since accurate calculations require a high level of theory to describe the molecular species, but must also take into account the influence of the crystalline environment on their properties. In this article, we briefly review the different classes of quantum-chemical techniques, and present an overview of methods that account for environmental influences with varying levels of approximation. Using a combination of solid-state and molecular calculations, we quantitatively evaluate the performance of implicit-solvent models for the [Ni(Et4dien)(η2-O,ON)(η1-NO2)] linkage-isomer system as a test case. We focus particularly on the accurate reproduction of the energetics of the isomerisation, and on predicting spectroscopic properties to compare with experimental results. This work illustrates how the synergy between periodic and molecular calculations can be exploited for the study of molecular crystals, and forms a basis for the investigation of more challenging phenomena, such as excited-state dynamics, and for further methodological developments

Structural, vibrational and electronic properties of alpha'-Ga2S3 under compression

[EN] We report a joint experimental and theoretical study of the low-pressure phase of ¿¿-Ga2S3 under compression. Theoretical ab initio calculations have been compared to X-ray diffraction and Raman scattering measurements under high pressure carried out up to 17.5 and 16.1 GPa, respectively. In addition, we report Raman scattering measurements of ¿¿-Ga2S3 at high temperature that have allowed us to study its anharmonic properties. To understand better the compression of this compound, we have evaluated the topological properties of the electron density, the electron localization function, and the electronic properties as a function of pressure. As a result, we shed light on the role of the Ga¿S bonds, the van der Waals interactions inside the channels of the crystalline structure, and the single and double lone electron pairs of the sulphur atoms in the anisotropic compression of ¿¿-Ga2S3. We found that the structural channels are responsible for the anisotropic properties of ¿¿-Ga2S3 and the A¿(6) phonon, known as the breathing mode and associated with these channels, exhibits the highest anharmonic behaviour. Finally, we report calculations of the electronic band structure of ¿¿-Ga2S3 at different pressures and find a nonlinear pressure behaviour of the direct band gap and a pressure-induced direct-to-indirect band gap crossover that is similar to the behaviour previously reported in other ordered-vacancy compounds, including ß-Ga2Se3. The importance of the single and, more specially, the double lone electron pairs of sulphur in the pressure dependence of the topmost valence band of ¿¿-Ga2S3 is stressed.The authors thank the financial support from the Spanish Research Agency (AEI) under projects MALTA Consolider Team network (RED2018-102612-T) and projects MAT2016-75586-C4-2/3-P, FIS2017-83295-P, PID2019-106383GB-42/43, and PGC2018-097520-A-100, as well as from Generalitat Valenciana under Project PROMETEO/2018/123 (EFIMAT). A. M. and P. R.-H. acknowledge computing time provided by Red Espanola de Supercomputacion (RES) and MALTA-Cluster and E. L. D. S. acknowledges Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant No. 785789-COMEX from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. J. A. S. also wants to thank the Ramon y Cajal fellowship (RYC-2015-17482) for financial support. We also thank the ALBA synchrotron light source for funded experiment 2017022088 at the MSPD-BL04 beamline.Gallego-Parra, S.; Vilaplana Cerda, RI.; Gomis, O.; Lora Da Silva, E.; Otero-De-La-Roza, A.; Rodríguez-Hernández, P.; Muñoz, A.... (2021). Structural, vibrational and electronic properties of alpha'-Ga2S3 under compression. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 23(11):6841-6862. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp06417cS68416862231

Characterization and Decomposition of the Natural van der Waals SnSb2Te4 under Compression

This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Inorganic Chemistry, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01086.[EN] High pressure X-ray diffraction, Raman scattering, and electrical measurements, together with theoretical calculations, which include the analysis of the topological electron density and electronic localization function, evidence the presence of an isostructural phase transition around 2 GPa, a Fermi resonance around 3.5 GPa, and a pressure-induced decomposition of SnSb2Te4 into the high-pressure phases of its parent binary compounds (alpha-Sb2Te3 and SnTe) above 7 GPa. The internal polyhedral compressibility, the behavior of the Raman-active modes, the electrical behavior, and the nature of its different bonds under compression have been discussed and compared with their parent binary compounds and with related ternary materials. In this context, the Raman spectrum of SnSb2Te4 exhibits vibrational modes that are associated but forbidden in rocksalt-type SnTe; thus showing a novel way to experimentally observe the forbidden vibrational modes of some compounds. Here, some of the bonds are identified with metavalent bonding, which were already observed in their parent binary compounds. The behavior of SnSb2Te4 is framed within the extended orbital radii map of BA(2)Te(4) compounds, so our results pave the way to understand the pressure behavior and stability ranges of other "natural van der Waals" compounds with similar stoichiometry.This work has been performed under financial support from the Spanish MINECO under Project MALTA-CONSOLIDER TEAM network (RED2018-102612-T) and Project FIS2017-83295-P, from Generalitat Valenciana under Project PROMETEO/2018/123. This publication is a product of the "Programa de Valoracion y Recursos Conjuntos de I+D+i VLC/CAMPUS and has been financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte, as part of "Programa Campus de Excelencia Internacional". Supercomputer time has been provided by the Red Espanola de Supercomputacion (RES) and the MALTA cluster. 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Electronic structure of interstitial hydrogen in lutetium oxide from DFT+U calculations and comparison study with μsR spectroscopy

The electronic structure of hydrogen impurity in Lu2O3 was studied by first-principles calculations and muonium spectroscopy. The computational scheme was based on two methods: first, a semi-local functional of conventional density-functional theory (DFT) and secondly a DFT+U approach which accounts for the on-site correlation of the 4f electrons via an effective Hubbardtype interaction. Three different types of stable configurations were found for hydrogen depending upon its charge state. In its negatively-charged and neutral states, hydrogen favors interstitial configurations residing either at the unoccupied sites of the oxygen sublattice or at the empty cube centers surrounded by the lanthanide ions. In contrast, the positively-charged state stabilized only as a bond configuration, where hydrogen binds to oxygen ions. Overall, the results between the two methods agree in the ordering of the formation energies of the different impurity configurations, though within DFT+U the charge-transition (electrical) levels are found at Fermi-level positions with higher energies. Both methods predict that hydrogen is an amphoteric defect in Lu2O3 if the lowest-energy configurations are used to obtain the charge-transition, thermodynamic levels. The calculations of hyperfine constants for the neutral interstitial configurations show a predominantly isotropic hyperfine interaction with two distinct values of 926 and 1061 MHz for the Fermi-contact term originating from the two corresponding interstitial positions of hydrogen in the lattice. These high values are consistent with the muonium spectroscopy measurements which also reveal a strongly isotropic hyperfine signature for the neutral muonium fraction with a magnitude slightly larger (1130 MHz) from the ab-initio results (after scaling with the magnetic moments of the respective nuclei)