Phase transition, electronic and optical properties of Si3N4 new phases at high pressure with density functional theory

Yu Ben-Hai; Chen Dong

doi:10.7498/aps.63.047101

Abstract

Characteristics of the hexagonal polymorph Si3N4 i.e., phase transition, electronic and optical properties (band structure, dielectric function, reflectivity and energy loss function) are investigated by the first-principles pseudo-potential method. The results suggest that it is feasible that the P6 transition takes place at room temperature. The critical pressures of the P6 and P6 transformations are 42.9 and 47.7~GPa, respectively. The phase transition from P6 is accompanied by the volume shrinkage. The calculated results also show that the P6 and P6' phases belong to direct bandgap and indirect bandgap semiconductors, respectively. The calculated band gaps are 4.98 and 4.01 eV for the P6 and P6' phases, respectively. Besides, the static dielectric constants are also obtained. The reflectivity shows that the two phases can serve as the shielding and detecting devices for ultraviolet radiation and they have optical transparent behaviors in the visible light region.

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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. U1204501, 11105115, 11304141), the Project of Basic and Advanced Technology of Henan Province of China (Grant No. 112300410021), and the Key Project of Science and Technology Research Program of Henan Educational Committee, China (Grant No. 12A140010).

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[28]	Kresse G, Marsman M, Hintzsche L E, Flage-Larsen E 2012 Phys. Rev. B 85 045205
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