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PHYSICS LETTERS A
Volume 380, Issue 16, Pages 1481-1486Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2016.02.020
Keywords
Mixed oxide; Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerh method of screened hybrid density functional; Dielectric function; Adsorption coefficient
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- Foundations of the President of China Academy of Engineering Physics [201402034]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11374038, U1530258]
- Foundations for Development of Science and Technology of China Academy of Engineering Physics [2013B0301054]
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The electronic structure and optical properties for the (U,Th)O-2 compound are systematically studied by employing the Heyd-Scuseria-Ernzerh method (HSE) of screened hybrid density functional. The electronic band gap of (U,Th)O-2 is predicted to be 3.06 eV, in the middle of the values of UO2 and ThO2. Based on wavefunction analysis, we conclude (U,Th)O-2 to be a Mott insulator in its ground state. The frequency dependent dielectric functions and optical properties are then calculated and compared with those of ThO2 and UO2. At the visible light frequency range, the adsorption coefficients for ThO2, UO2 and (U,Th)O-2 are totally different, which gives an accessible method to predict the proportion of U atoms in an arbitrary unknown (U,Th)O-2 compounds from the adsorption spectrum of visible lights. (c) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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