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Exploring new type of optoelectronic materials has fundamental scientific and practical significance in the development of society and economy. Recently, intense research has focused on the use of the wide band-gap bipolarity semiconductor material CuInO2 which will allow to the fabrication of that total transparent optoelectronic materials. However, the conductivity of CuInO2 is significantly lower than other n-type conductivity of other TCOs. As a result, one of the key question is how to improve the electric properties of CuInO2 by doping method. Motivated by this observation, in this paper, using the first-principles methods, the formation energetics properties of dopant (Be, Mg, Mn) in transparent conducting oxides CuInO2 were studied within the local-density approximation. Substituting dopant (Be, Mg, Mn) for In, substituting dopant (Be, Mg, Mn) for Cu and dopant as interstitial in their relevant charge state are considered. By systematically calculating formation energies and transition energy level of defect, the calculated results show that, substituting Mg for In does not induce the large structural relaxation. in CuInO2. One can expect that substituting the Mg and Mn for In introduces acceptor because the relative lower formation energies, furthermore, Be atoms would be substitute for In atoms when the Ef move to CBM. In addition, the donor-type extrinsic defects(such as substituting dopant for Cu and dopant as interstitial) have difficulty in inducing n-conductivity in CuInO2 because of their deep transition energy level or the higher formation energies. Considering the transition energy level position, BeIn, MgIn, and MnIn have transition energy levels at 0.06, 0.05, and 0.40 eV above the VBM, respectively. Thus, for all the acceptor-type extrinsic defects, substituting Mg for In is the most prominent doping acceptor with relative shallow transition energy levels in CuInO2 under O-rich condition. Based on our calculated results and discussion mentioned above, in order to increase p-type conductivity in CuInO2, we could substitute Mg atoms for In atoms by the sit-selective doping method through atomic layer epitaxy growth or controlling the oxygen partial pressure in the molecular beam epitaxy or metal-organic chemical vapor deposition crystal growth process. The calculation results will not only provide the guide for design of new type In-based optoelectronic materials, but will also further understand the potential properties in CuInO2.
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Keywords:
- CuInO2 /
- doping /
- formation energy
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图 1 CuInO2晶体结构图, 图中红色原子为O原子, 灰色原子为In原子, 棕色原子为Cu原子 (a)黄色掺杂原子替代Cu原子的情况; (b)绿色掺杂原子替代In原子的情况
Figure 1. The crystal structure of the CuInO2, the red atoms are O atoms, the brown atoms are Cu atoms, the purple atoms are In atoms: (a) Substituting yellow dopant atom for Cu atom; (b) substituting green dopant atom for In atom.
图 2 掺杂形成能在cation-poor, anion-rich的变化图
Figure 2. The change of doping formation energies under cation-poor, anion-rich condition.
图 3 掺杂形成能在cation-rich, anion-poor的变化图
Figure 3. The change of doping formation energies under cation-rich, anion-poor condition.
图 4 掺杂元素在CuInO2的缺陷跃迁能级
Figure 4. The calculated transition energy levels of the extrinsic defects in CuInO2.
表 1 CuInO2晶格常数理论计算值与实验值
Table 1. Theoretical values and experimental values of lattice constants in CuInO2.
CuInO2 晶格常数理论计算值 晶格常数实验值 a 3.297 Å a 3.292 Å c 17.192 Å c 17.388 Å u 0.1047 Å u 0.1061 Å c/a 5.214 c/a 5.282 
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表 2 掺杂元素周围的弛豫变化情况, 键距后括号为掺杂原子的近邻原子种类和个数
Table 2. The surrounding atoms of dopant, kinds and numbers of dopantxs nearest neighbor atoms in parentheses.
掺杂种类 最近邻键距 掺杂种类 最近邻键距 掺杂种类 最近邻键距 BeCu 1.49 Å(O, 2) MgCu 1.85 Å(O, 2) MnCu 1.77Å(O, 2) BeIn 1.96 Å(O, 6) MgIn 2.12 Å(O, 6) MnIn 1.93Å(O, 6) Bei 1.62 Å(O, 3) Mgi 2.04 Å(O, 3) Mni 1.99Å(O, 3)
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表 3 CuInO2的掺杂元素形成能
Table 3. The calculated formation energies of dopants in CuInO2.
掺杂类型 形成能 掺杂类型 总能/eV 形成能 掺杂类型 总能/eV 形成能 BeCu –2.20 MgCu –650.87 –2.58 MnCu –654.63 1.76 BeIn 0.79 MgIn –651.36 –1.59 MnIn –656.54 1.33 Bei –1.05 Mgi –654.27 –1.27 Mni –657.39 3.71
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[1] Ginley D S, Bright C 2000 MRS Bull. 25 8
[2] Wang L J, Wang W Z, Chen Y L, Yao L Z, Zhao X, Shi H L, Cao M S, Liang Y J 2018 ACS Appl. Mat. Interfaces 10 11652
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[7] Nakanishi A, Katayama-Yoshida H, Ishikawa T, Shimizu K 2016 J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 85 094711
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Google Scholar
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[32] Wei S H 2004 Comput. Mat. Sci. 30 337
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