Author:
Zheng Shu-Wen ,Fan Guang-Han ,He Miao ,Zhao Ling-Zhi ,
Abstract
The conductivity of W-doped β-Ga2O3 is investigated by using the ultra-soft pseudopotential (USP) approach of the plane-wave based upon density functional theory. The optimized structural parameters, total electron density of states, and energy band structures of β-Ga2(1-x)W2xO3 (x=0, 0.0625, 0.125) are calculated. It is found that the volumes are slightly increased and the total energies are going up in the Ga2(1-x)W2xO3 system with increasing W-doping concentration, which causes the system instability. When the W concentration is smaller, the calculated conductivity and electronic mobility are higher, but when the W concentration is increased, the average electron effective mass becomes bigger and the energy gap becomes narrower. The results are consistent with experimental data.
Publisher
Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physical Society and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy
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