Ring and Linear Structures of CdTe Clusters

Autor: Andrii Kashuba, Ihor Semkiv, Myron Rudysh, Hryhorii Ilchuk, Pavlo Shchepanskyi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Quantum Reports, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp 349-358 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2624-960X
DOI: 10.3390/quantum6030022
Popis: We report the results of an ab initio study of the linear and ring structures of cadmium telluride clusters [CdTe]n (CdnTen) n ≤ 10 within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and Purdue–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) parameterization with Hubbard corrections (GGA+U). We optimized the linear and ring isomers for each size to obtain the lowest-energy structures and to understand their growth behavior. The cases of n < 8 for ring-type structures and n = 6 and 9 for linear-type structures were found to be the most favorable. All observed clusters with a linear structure were found to have a small highest-occupied–lowest-unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO–LUMO) gap. The CdTe clusters with ring structure showed larger values of the HOMO–LUMO gaps than the band gap value for the bulk crystal. Structural and electronic properties like bond length, the HOMO–LUMO gap, binding energy, and electronegativity were analyzed.
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