Comparative fundamental theoretical study of perovskites: NaNbO3 and SrTiO3

In this comparative ab initio theoretical study, the SIESTA® code is used, through the Density Functional Theory (DFT) to understand the structural and electronic properties of the cubic phase in the equilibrium of the geometry of two complex perovskites: NaNbO3 and SrTiO3. Two base pseudopotentials...

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Autores: Pedroza-Rojas, Brandon, Lorenzano-Hernández, Brayan Javier, Herrera-Carbajal, Alejandro de Jesús, Arteaga-Varela, Miguel, Camacho-González, Mónica Araceli, Reyes-Valderrama, María Isabel, Rodríguez-Lugo, Ventura
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO
Repositorio:PÄDI Boletín Científico de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería del ICBI
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.uaeh.edu.mx:article/6324
Acceso en línea:https://repository.uaeh.edu.mx/revistas/index.php/icbi/article/view/6324
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:SIESTA
DFT
perovskites
NaNbO3
SrTiO3. GGA
LDA
band structures
density of states
perovskitas
estructura de bandas
densidad de estados
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Sumario:In this comparative ab initio theoretical study, the SIESTA® code is used, through the Density Functional Theory (DFT) to understand the structural and electronic properties of the cubic phase in the equilibrium of the geometry of two complex perovskites: NaNbO3 and SrTiO3. Two base pseudopotentials are used: Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA) by the authors Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof, and Local Density Approximation (LDA) by Ceperley-Alder. The network parameters obtained for NaNbO3 are a0 = 3,900 and 4,040 Å with a precision of 98.86 and 97.6%. For SrTiO3, network parameters of a0 = 3,969 and 3,811 Å were obtained with a precision of 92.8 and 97.6% respectively for each pseudopotential. It is shown that the behavior of both band structures has a particular indirect electronic transition with non-polarized spin, with a bandwidth of ∼1.28 eV for NaNbO3 and ∼2.0 eV for SrTiO3 with the exchange-correlation potential LDA and an argumentative band structure for the reliable application of these materials in cubic phase for opto-electronic devices.