First-principles calculations for point defects in solids

C Freysoldt, B Grabowski, T Hickel, J Neugebauer… - Reviews of modern …, 2014 - APS
Point defects and impurities strongly affect the physical properties of materials and have a
decisive impact on their performance in applications. First-principles calculations have …

Understanding do** of quantum materials

A Zunger, OI Malyi - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Do** mobile carriers into ordinary semiconductors such as Si, GaAs, and ZnO was the
enabling step in the electronic and optoelectronic revolutions. The recent emergence of a …

Defects and aliovalent do** engineering in electroceramics

Y Feng, J Wu, Q Chi, W Li, Y Yu, W Fei - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the positive influences of defects on the performance of electroceramics were
discovered, investigations concerning on defects and aliovalent do** routes have grown …

Native defects in bulk and monolayer from first principles

HP Komsa, AV Krasheninnikov - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We present an extensive first-principles study of a large set of native defects in MoS 2 in
order to find out the types and concentrations of the most important defects in this system …

Continuous tuning of persistent luminescence wavelength by intermediate-phase engineering in inorganic crystals

X Zhang, H Suo, Y Guo, J Chen, Y Wang, X Wei… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multicolor tuning of persistent luminescence has been extensively studied by deliberately
integrating various luminescent units, known as activators or chromophores, into certain host …

Computationally predicted energies and properties of defects in GaN

JL Lyons, CG Van de Walle - NPJ Computational Materials, 2017 - nature.com
Recent developments in theoretical techniques have significantly improved the predictive
power of density-functional-based calculations. In this review, we discuss how such …

Electrostatics-based finite-size corrections for first-principles point defect calculations

Y Kumagai, F Oba - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
Finite-size corrections for charged defect supercell calculations typically consist of image-
charge and potential alignment corrections. Regarding the image-charge correction …

Numerical study of lead free CsSn0. 5Ge0. 5I3 perovskite solar cell by SCAPS-1D

MA Nalianya, C Awino, H Barasa, V Odari, F Gaitho… - Optik, 2021 - Elsevier
Lead free perovskite solar cells (PCS) are becoming a distinctly predominant area of study
due to the toxicity and stability hurdles of the lead halide perovskite. Current lead-free …

Density Functional Calculations of Native Defects in CH3NH3PbI3: Effects of Spin–Orbit Coupling and Self-Interaction Error

MH Du - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
Native point defects play an important role in carrier transport properties of CH3NH3PbI3.
However, the nature of many important defects remains controversial due partly to the …

Quantum computing with defects

JR Weber, WF Koehl, JB Varley… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Identifying and designing physical systems for use as qubits, the basic units of quantum
information, are critical steps in the development of a quantum computer. Among the …