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Investigation of the structural and electronic properties of CdS under high pressure: an ab initio study       
Yazarlar
Çağatay Yamçıçıer
Ziya Merdan
Gazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Cihan KÜRKÇÜ Doç. Dr. Cihan KÜRKÇÜ
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
An ab initio constant pressure study is carried out to explore the behaviour of cadmium sulfide (CdS) under high hydrostatic pressure. We have studied the structural properties of CdS using density functional theory (DFT) under pressure up to 200 GPa. CdS crystallizes in a wurtzite (WZ)-type structure under ambient conditions. CdS undergoes a structural phase transition from the hexagonal WZ-type structure with space group P63mc to cubic NaCl-type structure with space group Fm<(3)overbar>m. Another phase transition is obtained from NaCl-type structure to the orthorhombic CdS-III-type structure with space group Pmmn. The first transformation proceeds via seven intermediate states with space group Cmc2(1), P2(1), Pmn2(1), P2(1)/m, Pmmn, I4/mmm, and Cmcm. The latter transformation is based on two intermediate states with space groups Immm and P2(1)/m. These phase transitions are also studied by total energy and enthalpy calculations. According to these calculations, the phase transformations occur at about 3 and 51 GPa, respectively. Calculation results on the other basic properties, such as lattice constant, volume, and bulk modulus are also compared with those of other recent theoretical and experimental data, and generally, good agreement with the available data are obtained.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ab initio | CdS | Intermediate states | Phase transitions
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Dergi ISSN 0008-4204
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Exp, SCOPUS, Curation, Current Contents Physical Chemical & Earth Sciences, Essential Science Indicators, Pdf2xml, Pdf2xml, Reference Master, Sophia
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 02-2018
Cilt No 96
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 216 / 224
Doi Numarası 10.1139/cjp-2017-0257
Makale Linki http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/cjp-2017-0257