Computational predictions of stable phase for antiperovskite Na 3OCl via tilting of Na 6O octahedra | |||||
작성자 | 김** | 작성일 | 2019-07-29 | 조회수 | 111 |
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Journal Article published 28 Oct 2018 in Journal of Applied Physics volume 124 issue 16 on page 164106
Research funded by University of Ulsan (2016-0082)
AbstractWe study the structural stability of crystalline NaOCl in terms of cohesive energies and phonon spectra through the tilting of NaO octahedra. We prove that the crystal NaOCl can be stabilized through octahedral tilts by comparing 14 tilted structures that are consistent with the Howard and Stokes’ group-theoretical analysis of the octahedral tilting in perovskites. We found that all the 14 tilted structures of NaOCl have lower energies than the cubic Pmm structure by about 11 to 16?meV per five-atom unit cell. The tilt angles along the pseudocubic [100], [010], and [001] directions vary in the range of 2.6?9.3. While the Pnma and P2/m structures of NaOCl are found as the two most stable ones, only the P2/m phase has stable phonon vibrations with a direct band gap of 3.38?eV at the point. |