Structure and electronic properties of saturated and unsaturated gallium nitride nanotubes
Journal Article
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· Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(44):19281-19285
The atomic and electronic structures of saturated and unsaturated GaN nanotubes along the [001] direction with (100) lateral facets are studied using first-principles calculations. Atomic relaxation of nanotubes shows that appreciable distortion occurs in the unsaturated nanotubes. All the nanotubes considered, including saturated and unsaturated ones, exhibit semiconducting, with a direct band gap. Surface states arisen from the threefold-coordinated N and Ga atoms at the lateral facets exist inside the bulk-like band gap. When the nanotubes saturated with hydrogen, these dangling bond bands are removed from the band gap, but the band gap decreases with increasing the wall thickness of the nanotubes.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 969615
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-69146; 8208; KC0201020
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(44):19281-19285, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(44):19281-19285 Journal Issue: 44 Vol. 113; ISSN 1932-7447
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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