Journal of New Technology and Materials
Volume 8, Numéro 1, Pages 126-138
2018-07-02
Authors : Labdelli Abbes . Meskine Said . Boukortt Abdelkader . Khenata Rabah .
We have investigated the structural, magnetic, and optoelectronic properties of the ortho-perovskite GdRuO3 using the accurate full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method based on the density functional theory (DFT). The generalized gradient approach (GGA) was used to treat the exchange and correlation potential while the GGA+U was found to correct the deficiencies of the GGA. The Hubbard U was taken to be 6 eV (an experimental value). Besides, the modified Becke–Johnson (mBJ) exchange potential was also adopted along in combination with the GGA+U approach (mBJ+U) to enhance the description of the electronic structure. The A-type antiferromagnetic phase of the compound GdRuO3 is more stable than the other magnetic phases. The calculated magnetic moments in GdRuO3 were found to emerge especially from the Gd-4f states electrons. The different values semiconductor gap obtained respectively with GGA+U and mBJ+U were 1.4269 eV and 2.9039 eV. These values were increased at 3.5355 eV with the investigation of spin–orbit coupling effects (SOC) on the electronic structure. The mBJ+U+SOC approximation was also used to calculate the optical properties by determining the complex dielectric function from which are derived the other parameters.
Perovskite; GdRuO3; Antiferromagnetic; mBJ correction; spin–orbits coupling
Labdelli Abbes
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pages 9-16.
بوسالم أحلام
.
عابد يوسف
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ص 117-132.
Yahia Zeghoudi
.
pages 74-88.
Mehyaoui Rabah
.
Benyahia Karima
.
pages 48-53.
Si Mohammed A.m
.
Boudjemai A
.
Hashida Y
.
Cooksœy R
.
Sweeting M.n
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pages 28-30.