• 文献标题:   Adsorption of 3d transition metal atoms on graphene-like gallium nitride monolayer: A first-principles study
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN GX, LI HF, YANG X, WEN JQ, PANG Q, ZHANG JM
  • 作者关键词:   transitionmetal adsorption, gan monolayer, electronic structure, density functional theory
  • 出版物名称:   SUPERLATTICES MICROSTRUCTURES
  • ISSN:   0749-6036
  • 通讯作者地址:   Xian Shiyou Univ
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.spmi.2018.01.023
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

We study the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of 3d transition metal (TM) atoms (Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) adsorbed GaN monolayer (GaN-ML) using first-principles calculations. The results show that, for 6 different TM adatoms, the most stable adsorption sites are the same. The adsorption of TM atoms results in significant lattice distortions. A covalent chemical bonding character between TM adatom and GaN-ML is found in TM adsorbed systems. Except for Ni adsorbed system, all TM adsorbed systems show spin polarization implying that the adsorption of TM induces magnetization. The magnetic moments of the adsorbed systems are concentrated on the TM adatoms and the nearest-neighbor N atoms of the adsorption site contributed slightly. Our analysis shows that the GaN-ML properties can be effectively modulated by TM adsorption, and exhibit various electronic and magnetic properties, such as magnetic metals (Fe adsorption), half-metal (Co adsorption), and spin gapless semiconductor (Cu adsorption). These present properties of TM adsorbed GaN-ML may be of value in electronics and spintronics applications. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.