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    Citation - WoS: 17
    Citation - Scopus: 18
    Origin of Anomalous Band-Gap Bowing in Two-Dimensional Tin-Lead Mixed Perovskite Alloys
    (American Physical Society, 2021) Gao, Qiang; Şahin, Hasan; Kang, Jun; Wei, Su-Huai
    The origin of the pronounced and composition-dependent band-gap bowing in Sn/Pb mixed perovskite alloys has been under debate for a long time. Previous studies reported conflicting results on whether the chemical or structural effect is the dominant mechanism. In this paper, the band-gap bowing effect and its possible origins in recently synthesized two-dimensional (2D) Cs2PbxSn1-xI2Cl2 alloys are investigated from first-principles calculations. In agreement with experiments, a large and composition-dependent bowing coefficient is observed. By analyzing the contribution from volume deformation, charge exchange, structural relaxation, and short-range order, it is found that the dominant mechanism causing the anomalous gap bowing is the structural relaxation-induced wave-function localization, forming isovalent-defect-like states, despite the negligible octahedral distortion and small lattice mismatch between the two end compounds. This is understood by the s-p repulsion-induced strong antibonding character of the valence-band maximum which leads to a large deformation potential, thus even a small atomic displacement can result in a large shift of the energy level. These results thus highlight the critical role of strong deformation potential and structural relaxation effect in unusual band evolution of 2D Sn/Pb perovskite alloys, and can be helpful to the modulation of their band gap for optoelectronic applications.
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    Citation - WoS: 8
    Citation - Scopus: 8
    Strain Tunable Band Structure of a New 2d Carbon Allotrope C-568
    (IOS Press, 2020) Gao, Qiang; Kang, Jun; Şahin, Hasan
    Recently, C(568)has emerged as a new carbon allotrope, which shows semiconducting properties with a band gap around 1 eV and has attracted much attention. In this work, the external strain effects on the electronic properties of C(568)have been studied theoretically through first-principle calculations. The numerical results show that while in-plane uniaxial and biaxial strains both reduces the band gap of C(568)in case of tensile strain, their effects are quite different in the case of compressive strain. With increasing compressive uniaxial strain, the band gap of C(568)first increases, and then dramatically decreases. In contrast, the application of compressive biaxial strain up to -10% only leads to a slight increase of band gap. Moreover, an indirect-to-direct gap transition can be realized under both types of compressive strain. The results also show that the optical anisotropy of C(568)can be induced under uniaxial strain, while biaxial strain does not cause such an effect. These results indicate good strain tunability of the band structure of C-568, which could be helpful for the design and optimization of C-568-based nanodevices.
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    Citation - WoS: 14
    Citation - Scopus: 12
    Octahedrally Coordinated Single Layered Caf2: Robust Insulating Behaviour
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020) Başkurt, Mehmet; Kang, Jun; Şahin, Hasan
    Using first-principles calculations, the structural, vibrational, and electronic properties of single-layered calcium fluoride (CaF2) are investigated. The dynamical stability of 1T-CaF2 is confirmed by the phonon dispersions. Raman active vibrational modes of 1T-CaF2 enable its characterization via Raman spectroscopy. In addition, the calculated electronic properties of 1T-CaF2 confirmed insulating behavior with an indirect wide band gap which is larger than that of a well-known single-layered insulator, h-BN. Moreover, one-dimensional nanoribbons of CaF2 are investigated for two main edge orientations, namely zigzag and armchair, and it is revealed that both structures maintain the 1T nature of CaF2 without any structural edge reconstructions. Electronically, both types of CaF2 nanoribbons display robust insulating behavior with respect to the nanoribbon width. The results show that both the 2D and 1D forms of 1T-CaF2 show potential in nanoelectronics as an alternative to the widely-used insulator h-BN with its similar properties and wider electronic band gap.