The structural and electronic properties of germanium clathrates

Details The structural and electronic properties of germanium clathrates The structural and electronic properties of germanium clathrates

1999-07-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9907405v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

7 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.60.14177

The structural and electronic properties of germanium clathrates Ge$_{46}$ and K$_8$Ge$_{46}$ are studied by first principles calculations within the local density approximation. The equilibrium structures are obtained by {\em ab initio} pseudopotential calculation combined with dynamic minimizations. The clathrate structure is found as a low energy phase for germanium. The electronic band structures for Ge$_{46}$ clathrates are calculated and the band gap is found to be considerably larger than that of the diamond phase. Due to the effect of pentagonal rings, strong similarity in electronic properties between clathrate and Ge$_{24}$ fullerene structure are found. The effect of doping clathrate cages with metal atoms are examined. The K$_8$Ge$_{46}$ clathrate is found to be metallic with the conduction bands only slightly modified by K dopants.

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