<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The energy band structures and electron (hole) effective masses of perfect crystalline silicon and silicon with various vacancy defects are investigated by using the plane-wave pseudopotential method based on density functional theory. Our results show that the effect of monovacancy and divacancy on the energy band structure of crystalline silicon is primarily reflected in producing the gap states and the local states in valence band maximum. It also causes breaking the symmetry of energy bands resulting from the Jahn-Teller effect, while only producing the gap states for the crystalline silicon with hexavacancy ring. However, vacancy point defects could not essentially affect the effective masses that are derived from the native energy bands of crystalline silicon, except for the production of defect states. Simultaneously, the Jahn-Teller distortions only affect the gap states and the local states in valence band maximum, but do not change the symmetry of conduction band minimum and the nonlocal states in valence band maximum, thus the symmetry of the effective masses. In addition, we study the electron (hole) effective masses for the gap states and the local states in valence band maximum.</p></abstract>

The energy band structures and electron (hole) effective masses of perfect crystalline silicon and silicon with various vacancy defects are investigated by using the plane-wave pseudopotential method based on density functional theory. Our results show that the effect of monovacancy and divacancy on the energy band structure of crystalline silicon is primarily reflected in producing the gap states and the local states in valence band maximum. It also causes breaking the symmetry of energy bands resulting from the Jahn-Teller effect, while only producing the gap states for the crystalline silicon with hexavacancy ring. However, vacancy point defects could not essentially affect the effective masses that are derived from the native energy bands of crystalline silicon, except for the production of defect states. Simultaneously, the Jahn-Teller distortions only affect the gap states and the local states in valence band maximum, but do not change the symmetry of conduction band minimum and the nonlocal states in valence band maximum, thus the symmetry of the effective masses. In addition, we study the electron (hole) effective masses for the gap states and the local states in valence band maximum.

First-principle calculations of effective mass of silicon crystal with vacancy defects

Institute of Physics and Communication & Electronics, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022,

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031,

Materials Science-Poland

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The energy band structures and electron (hole) effective masses of perfect crystalline silicon and silicon with various vacancy defects are investigated by...

First-principle calculations of effective mass of silicon crystal with vacancy defects

Published Online: Dec 19, 2016

Page range: 916 - 923

Received: Jun 04, 2016

Accepted: Nov 03, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0128

Keywords
effective mass, vacancy, silicon, first-principles calculations

© Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

First-principle calculations of effective mass of silicon crystal with vacancy defects

Published Online: Dec 19, 2016

Page range: 916 - 923

Received: Jun 04, 2016

Accepted: Nov 03, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0128

Keywordseffective mass, vacancy, silicon, first-principles calculations

© Wroclaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
effective mass, vacancy, silicon, first-principles calculations