First-principles calculation of the thermodynamics of In$_x$Ga$_{1-x}$N alloys: Effect of lattice vibrations

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2006-07-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607051v1

Physical Review B, vol. 73, (2006) 235214

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Physical Review B, vol. 73, (2006) 235214

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.73.235214

The thermodynamics properties of the wurtzite and zinc-blende \InGaN alloys are calculated using first-principles density-functional calculations. Special quasi-random structures are used to describe the disordered alloys, for $x= 1/4, 1/2$, and 3/4. The effect of lattice vibrations on the phase diagram, commonly omitted from semiconductor alloy phase diagram calculations, are included through first-principles calculations of phonon spectra. Inclusion of lattice vibrations leads to a large reduction in the order-disorder critical temperature ($\sim 29$% and $\sim 26$% for the wurtzite and zinc-blende structures, respectively) and changes the shape of the solubility and spinodal curve through changes in the entropies of the competing phases. Neglect of such effect produces significant errors in the phase diagrams of complex ordered semiconductor compounds. The critical temperature for phase separation is 1654 K (1771 K) for the wurtzite (zinc-blende) structures. The predicted phase diagrams are in agreement with experimental measurements on MOCVD \InGaN\ films.

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