Introduction
Experimental
Powder synthesis and XRD phase analysis
Methods of calculation
Results and discussion
Structural properties
Source |
a [Å] |
c [Å] |
a/c
|
V [Å3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
This work | ||||
LDA | 8.512 | 5.621 | 1.514 | 352.70 |
GGA | 8.768 | 5.842 | 1.501 | 388.95 |
Rietveld | 8.7546 (3) | 5.8974 (3) | 1.485 | 391.439 |
Daub et al. [6] | 8.751 | 5.898 | 1.484 | 391.16 |
Electronic properties
Source |
E
g
[eV] |
---|---|
Xia et al. [7] | 2.70/3.23 (exp./calc.) |
LDA | 2.96 |
GGA | 3.21 |
Elements |
s
|
p
|
d
| Total | Charge [e] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | 0.52/0.50 | 1.65/1.71 | 0.00/0.00 | 2.17/2.20 | 0.83/0.80 |
O | 1.89/1.88 | 5.12/5.14 | 0.00/0.00 | 7.02/7.01 | −1.02/−1.01 |
Te | 1.23/1.14 | 2.06/2.04 | 0.00/0.00 | 3.28/3.19 | 2.72/2.81 |
Bi | 1.91/1.94 | 1.38/1.40 | 10.00/10.00 | 13.28/13.34 | 1.72/1.66 |
Bond type | Bond population | Length [Å] |
---|---|---|
B-O | 0.79/0.80 | 1.37743/1.36047 |
Te–O | 0.43/0.44 | 1.91535/1.89254 |
Bi-O | 0.19/0.16 | 2.13786/2.16634 |
Optical properties
Elastic properties
Source |
B
|
C
11
|
C
12
|
C
13
|
C
33
|
C
44
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LDA | 76.717 | 139.58 | 28.80 | 58.05 | 123.28 | 42.84 |
GGA | 48.238 | 108.86 | 15.34 | 30.27 | 71.51 | 29.04 |
Source |
S
11
|
S
12
|
S
13
|
S
33
|
S
44
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LDA | 0.00891 | −0.00012 | −0.00414 | 0.01201 | 0.02334 |
GGA | 0.01042 | −0.00027 | −0.00429 | 0.01762 | 0.03442 |
Source | β
H
|
E
x
|
E
y
|
E
z
|
k
a
|
k
b
|
k
c
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LDA | 0.013 | 112.223 | 112.223 | 83.245 | 0.00465 | 0.00465 | 0.00373 |
GGA | 0.020 | 95.985 | 95.985 | 56.762 | 0.00586 | 0.00586 | 0.00904 |