Abstract Using first-principles techniques, we investigate the (001) surfaces of cubic PbHfO3 (PHO) and BaHfO3 (BHO) terminated with both AO (A=Pb and Ba) and HfO2. Surface structure, partial density of states, band structure, and surface energy are obtained. The BaO surface is found to be similar to its counterpart in BHO. For the HfO2-terminated surface of cubic PHO, the largest relaxation appears on the second-layer atoms but not on the first-layer ones. The analysis of the structure relaxation parameters reveals that the rumpling of the (001) surface for PHO is stronger than that for BHO. The surface thermodynamic stability is explored, and it is found that both the PbO- and the BaO-terminated surfaces are more stable than the HfO2-terminated surfaces for PHO and BHO, respectively. The surface energy calculations show that the (001) surface of PHO is more easily constructed than that of BHO.
Revised: 12 August 2008
Accepted manuscript online:
PACS:
73.20.At
(Surface states, band structure, electron density of states)
Fund: Project supported by the Natural
Science Foundation of Henan University, China (Grant No 07ZRZD005)
and the Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Henan
Province, China (Grant No
082300410010).
Cite this article:
Ni Guang-Xin(倪广鑫) and Wang Yuan-Xu(王渊旭) First-principles study of the (001) surface of cubic PbHfO3 and BaHfO3 2009 Chin. Phys. B 18 1194
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