Journal
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH
Volume 581, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2021.126468
Keywords
DFT calculation; Electronic band structure; Elastic constants; Half-Heusler alloys
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The structural, electronic, elastic, and mechanical properties of half-Heusler HfRhZ (Z = As and Sb) alloys were investigated using first principles calculations. The results showed that HfRhSb is an indirect band gap semiconductor, while HfRhAs is a direct band gap semiconductor. The alloys were found to be elastically stable and exhibited different mechanical properties.
The structural, electronic, elastic and mechanical properties of half-Heusler HfRhZ (Z = As and Sb) alloys are investigated using first principles calculations. The optimized lattice constants, bulk modulus and its pressure derivatives within LDA and GGA approaches are reported. The calculated results of band structure and density of states using GGA and TB-mBJ confirm that HfRhSb is an indirect band gap semiconductor while HfRhAs is a direct band gap semiconductor. The elastic and mechanical properties of HfRhZ (Z = As and Sb) alloys within LDA and GGA approaches are also investigated. The alloys are elastically stable as their elastic constants such as C-11, C-12 and C44 satisfy the mechanical stability condition. The mechanical properties such as Young's modulus (E), bulk modulus (B), shear modulus (G(H)), Poisson's ratio (sigma), the Pugh's ratio (B/G(H)), anisotropic factor (A) and Cauchy's pressure (C-p) are calculated. The studied alloys are ductile in nature, elastically anisotropic and HfRhSb has more stiffness than HfRhAs.
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