中国物理B ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (5): 57104-057104.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/5/057104

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

Electronic and optical properties of Au-doped Cu2O:A first principles investigation

姜中钱a b c, 姚钢b c, 安辛友b, 符亚军b, 曹林洪b c, 吴卫东a b c, 王雪敏b   

  1. a College of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China;
    b Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), Mianyang 621900, China;
    c Joint Laboratory for Extreme Conditions Matter Properties, Southwest University of Science and Technology and Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), Mianyang 621010, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-09-19 修回日期:2013-12-24 出版日期:2014-05-15 发布日期:2014-05-15

Electronic and optical properties of Au-doped Cu2O:A first principles investigation

Jiang Zhong-Qian (姜中钱)a b c, Yao Gang (姚钢)b c, An Xin-You (安辛友)b, Fu Ya-Jun (符亚军)b, Cao Lin-Hong (曹林洪)b c, Wu Wei-Dong (吴卫东)a b c, Wang Xue-Min (王雪敏)b   

  1. a College of Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China;
    b Science and Technology on Plasma Physics Laboratory, Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), Mianyang 621900, China;
    c Joint Laboratory for Extreme Conditions Matter Properties, Southwest University of Science and Technology and Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), Mianyang 621010, China
  • Received:2013-09-19 Revised:2013-12-24 Online:2014-05-15 Published:2014-05-15
  • Contact: Cao Lin-Hong, Wang Xue-Min E-mail:hyclh@yeah.net;wangxuemin75@sohu.com
  • About author:2014-3-26

摘要: The Cu2O and Au-doped Cu2O films are prepared on MgO (001) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy proves that the films are of Au-doped Cu2O. The optical absorption edge decreases by 1.6% after Au doping. The electronic and optical properties of pure and Au-doped cuprite Cu2O films are investigated by the first principles. The calculated results indicate that Cu2O is a direct band-gap semiconductor. The scissors operation of 1.64 eV has been carried out. After correcting, the band gaps for pure and Au doped Cu2O are about 2.17 eV and 2.02 eV, respectively, decreasing by 6.9%. All of the optical spectra are closely related to the dielectric function. The optical spectrum red shift corresponding to the decreasing of band gap, and the additional absorption are observed in the visible region for Au doped Cu2O film. The experimental results are generally in agreement with the calculated results. These results indicate that Au doping could become one of the important factors influencing the photovoltaic activity of Cu2O film.

关键词: Cu2O, electronic structure, optical properties, first-principles

Abstract: The Cu2O and Au-doped Cu2O films are prepared on MgO (001) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy proves that the films are of Au-doped Cu2O. The optical absorption edge decreases by 1.6% after Au doping. The electronic and optical properties of pure and Au-doped cuprite Cu2O films are investigated by the first principles. The calculated results indicate that Cu2O is a direct band-gap semiconductor. The scissors operation of 1.64 eV has been carried out. After correcting, the band gaps for pure and Au doped Cu2O are about 2.17 eV and 2.02 eV, respectively, decreasing by 6.9%. All of the optical spectra are closely related to the dielectric function. The optical spectrum red shift corresponding to the decreasing of band gap, and the additional absorption are observed in the visible region for Au doped Cu2O film. The experimental results are generally in agreement with the calculated results. These results indicate that Au doping could become one of the important factors influencing the photovoltaic activity of Cu2O film.

Key words: Cu2O, electronic structure, optical properties, first-principles

中图分类号:  (Basis sets (LCAO, plane-wave, APW, etc.) and related methodology (scattering methods, ASA, linearized methods, etc.))

  • 71.15.Ap
71.20.-b (Electron density of states and band structure of crystalline solids) 71.22.+i (Electronic structure of liquid metals and semiconductors and their Alloys) 78.66.-w (Optical properties of specific thin films)