Electronic and phononic properties of the chalcopyrite CuGaS2

Details Electronic and phononic properties of the chalcopyrite CuGaS2 Electronic and phononic properties of the chalcopyrite CuGaS2

2011-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/1102.0819v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

9 pages, 8 Figures, submitted to Phys. Rev B

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The availability of ab initio electronic calculations and the concomitant techniques for deriving the corresponding lattice dynamics have been profusely used for calculating thermodynamic and vibrational properties of semiconductors, as well as their dependence on isotopic masses. The latter have been compared with experimental data for elemental and binary semiconductors with different isotopic compositions. Here we present theoretical and experimental data for several vibronic and thermodynamic properties of CuGa2, a canonical ternary semiconductor of the chalcopyrite family. Among these properties are the lattice parameters, the phonon dispersion relations and densities of states (projected on the Cu, Ga, and S constituents), the specific heat and the volume thermal expansion coefficient. The calculations were performed with the ABINIT and VASP codes within the LDA approximation for exchange and correlation and the results are compared with data obtained on samples with the natural isotope composition for Cu, Ga and S, as well as for isotope enriched samples.

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