›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (8): 87101-087101.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/8/087101

• CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Electronic structures and optical properties of A-doped wurtzite Mg0.25Zn0.75O

郑树文, 何苗, 李述体, 章勇   

  1. Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Opto-electronic Materials and Technology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-03-10 修回日期:2014-05-08 出版日期:2014-08-15 发布日期:2014-08-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61078046), the Special Funds for Provincial Strategic and Emerging Industries Projects of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 2012A080304016), and the Youth Foundation of South China Normal University, China (Grant No. 2012KJ018).

Electronic structures and optical properties of A-doped wurtzite Mg0.25Zn0.75O

Zheng Shu-Wen (郑树文), He Miao (何苗), Li Shu-Ti (李述体), Zhang Yong (章勇)   

  1. Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, Institute of Opto-electronic Materials and Technology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
  • Received:2014-03-10 Revised:2014-05-08 Online:2014-08-15 Published:2014-08-15
  • Contact: Zheng Shu-Wen E-mail:LED@scnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61078046), the Special Funds for Provincial Strategic and Emerging Industries Projects of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 2012A080304016), and the Youth Foundation of South China Normal University, China (Grant No. 2012KJ018).

摘要: The energy band structures, density of states, and optical properties of A-doped wurtzite Mg0.25Zn0.75O (A=Al, Ga, In) are investigated by a first-principles method based on the density functional theory. The calculated results show that the optical bandgaps of Mg0.25Zn0.75O:A are larger than those of Mg0.25Zn0.75O because of the Burstein-Moss effect and the bandgap renormalization effect. The electron effective mass values of Mg0.25Zn0.75O:A are heavier than those of Mg0.25Zn0.75O, which is in agreement with the previous experimental result. The formation energies of MgZnO:Al and MgZnO:Ga are smaller than that of MgZnO:In, while their optical bandgaps are larger, so MgZnO:Al and MgZnO:Ga are suitable to be fabricated and used as transparent conductive oxide films in the ultra-violet (UV) and deep UV optoelectronic devices.

关键词: first-principles, Mg0.25Zn0.75O, electronic structure, optical bandgap

Abstract: The energy band structures, density of states, and optical properties of A-doped wurtzite Mg0.25Zn0.75O (A=Al, Ga, In) are investigated by a first-principles method based on the density functional theory. The calculated results show that the optical bandgaps of Mg0.25Zn0.75O:A are larger than those of Mg0.25Zn0.75O because of the Burstein-Moss effect and the bandgap renormalization effect. The electron effective mass values of Mg0.25Zn0.75O:A are heavier than those of Mg0.25Zn0.75O, which is in agreement with the previous experimental result. The formation energies of MgZnO:Al and MgZnO:Ga are smaller than that of MgZnO:In, while their optical bandgaps are larger, so MgZnO:Al and MgZnO:Ga are suitable to be fabricated and used as transparent conductive oxide films in the ultra-violet (UV) and deep UV optoelectronic devices.

Key words: first-principles, Mg0.25Zn0.75O, electronic structure, optical bandgap

中图分类号:  (Density functional theory, local density approximation, gradient and other corrections)

  • 71.15.Mb
73.20.At (Surface states, band structure, electron density of states) 74.20.Pq (Electronic structure calculations) 72.15.-v (Electronic conduction in metals and alloys)