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PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER
Volume 406, Issue 3, Pages 363-367Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2010.10.065
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First principles; Electronic properties; Thermodynamic properties; FeSi
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The electronic and thermodynamic properties of B2-FeSi have been investigated using the first-principles method based on the plane-wave basis set. The calculated equilibrium lattice constant is in good agreement with available experimental and theoretical data. Our results have shown that B2-FeSi was a narrow gap semiconductor of above 0.055 eV and exhibited metallic characteristics. The density of states (DOS) can also describe orbital mixing. Using the quasi-harmonic Debye model, the thermodynamic properties of B2-FeSi have been analyzed. Variations of the Debye temperature Theta(D), thermal expansion a, heat capacity C-v, entropy S and the Gruneisen parameter gamma on temperature T and pressure P were obtained successfully in the ranges of 0-2400 K and 0-140 GPa. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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