First-principles study on the electronic structure and phase transition of α-, β- and γ-Si3N4

Yu Ben-Hai; Chen Dong

doi:10.7498/aps.61.197102

Abstract

The high-temperature lattice constants and elastic moduli of the silicon nitrides are calculated using the plane-wave pseudo-potential method combined with the vibrational Debye-like model. β-Si3N4 is ductile at low temperature and brittle at high temperature. γ-Si3N4 is found to be brittle and covalent in nature. We find a positive slope of the β→γ phase boundary, hence, at higher temperatures it requires higher pressures to synthesize γ -Si3N4. The α → γ phase boundary may be expressed as P=16.29-1.835-10-2 T+9.33945-10-5T2-2.16759-10-7 T3+2.91795-10-10T4. We also obtain the electronic structures and energy bands of Si3N4 with and without pressure. The interaction between Si-s, p and N-s, p plays a dominant role in the stability of α-Si3N4. The α- and β-Si3N4 have the ΓV-ΓC indirect band gaps (4.9~eV and 4.4~eV) while γ-Si3N4 has a direct band gap(3.9~eV). The tops of the valence bands for α- and β-Si3N4 are along the Γ-M and Γ-A direction, respectively. Our results are consistent with the experimental data and the theoretical results.

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College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11005088, 11105115), the Program of Basic and Advanced Technology of Henan Province, China (Grant No. 112300410021), and the Key Project of Henan Educational Committee (Grant No. 12A140010).

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