Electronic structure and magnetic properties of (Cu, N)-codoped 3C-SiC studied by first-principles calculations

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/25/9/096108

Abstract The electronic structures and magnetic properties of the Cu and N codoped 3C-SiC system have been investigated by the first-principles calculation. The results show that the Cu doped SiC system prefers the anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) state. Compared to the Cu doped system, the ionicities of C-Cu and C-Si in Cu and N codoped SiC are respectively enhanced and weakened. Especially, the Cu and N codoped SiC systems favor the ferromagnetic (FM) coupling. The FM interactions can be explained by virtual hopping. However, higher N concentration will weaken the ferromagnetism. In order to keep the FM interaction, the N concentration should be restricted within 9.3% according to our analysis.

Keywords: ferromagnetism 3C-SiC codoped system

Received: 22 March 2016
Revised: 12 May 2016
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PACS:	61.72.-y	(Defects and impurities in crystals; microstructure)
	71.15.Pd	(Molecular dynamics calculations (Car-Parrinello) and other numerical simulations)
	71.20.-b	(Electron density of states and band structure of crystalline solids)

Fund: Project supported by the Higher School Science Research Outstanding Youth Fund Project of Ningxia, China (Grant No. NGY2015049).

Corresponding Authors: Xue-ling Lin
E-mail: nxulxl@163.com

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Feng-chun Pan(潘凤春), Zhi-peng Chen(陈治鹏), Xue-ling Lin(林雪玲), Fu Zheng(郑富), Xu-ming Wang(王旭明), Huan-ming Chen(陈焕铭) Electronic structure and magnetic properties of (Cu, N)-codoped 3C-SiC studied by first-principles calculations 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 096108

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