Evaluation of thermodynamics, formation energetics and electronic properties of vacancy defects in CaZrO3

Abstract Using first-principles total energy calculations we have evaluated the thermodynamics and the electronic properties of intrinsic vacancy defects in orthorhombic CaZrO3. Charge density calculations and the atoms-in-molecules concept are used to elucidate the changes in electronic properties...

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Main Authors: Syed Muhammad Alay-e-Abbas, Safdar Nazir, Stefaan Cottenier, Ali Shaukat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08189-2