The effect of Cr impurity on electronic structure of the Al2O3 by first principles
S. J. MOUSAVI1,*
Affiliation
- Department of Physics, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran
Abstract
The electronic properties of a single Cr impurity in 2 3 Al O are studied by means of supercell total-energy calculations
using a first-principles method based on density-functional theory. The calculations were performed using the full potential–
linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) with the GGA, LSDA and LSDA+U methods. The calculated value of the first
excitation from the occupied impurity state to the conduction band was reproduced well by LSDA+U method, while GGA
and LSDA yielded values that were less than the experimental value..
Keywords
Cr Impurity, Electronic Structure, LSDA+U, DFT.
Citation
S. J. MOUSAVI, The effect of Cr impurity on electronic structure of the Al2O3 by first principles, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 1-2, January-February 2013, pp.74-76 (2013).
Submitted at: Oct. 13, 2012
Accepted at: Feb. 20, 2013