Comprehensive ab-initio calculations of AlNiX (X= P, As and Sb) half-Heusler compounds: stabilities and applications as green energy resources

PK Kamlesh, R Agrawal, U Rani, AS Verma - Materials Chemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to explore structural, mechanical and thermal stability including
electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of state-of-the-art AlNiX (X= P, As and Sb) …

First-principles calculations of inherent properties of Rb based state-of-the-art half-Heusler compounds: promising materials for renewable energy applications

PK Kamlesh, R Agarwal, U Rani, AS Verma - Physica Scripta, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In the present work, we have studied structural, electronic, optical and thermoelectric
properties of Rb based state-of-the-art materials RbYZ (Y= Be, Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba; Z= P, As …

Mixed Stochastic-Deterministic Approach for Many-Body Perturbation Theory Calculations

AR Altman, S Kundu, FH da Jornada - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We present an approach for GW calculations of quasiparticle energies with quasiquadratic
scaling by approximating high-energy contributions to the Green's function in its Lehmann …

Unveiling the Catalytic Potential of Topological Nodal-Line Semimetal AuSn4 for Hydrogen Evolution and CO2 Reduction

DW Boukhvalov, G D'Olimpio, F Mazzola… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the correlation between the existence of topological electronic states in
materials and their catalytic activity has gained increasing attention, due to the exceptional …

Structural, phononic, opto-electronic and elasto-mechanical properties of LiXBe (X= N, P) half Heusler compounds

MN Rasul, T Hu, M Mehmood, F Andleeb… - Materials Science in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The plethora of properties associated with half Heusler compounds has made them apposite
materials for functional applications significantly in thermoelectrics, solar harvesting …

Quasi-2D Carrier Transport in KMgBi for Promising Thermoelectric Performance

Vikram, B Sahni, A Jain, A Alam - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
KMgBi is an interesting system with several unconventional electronic transport properties.
Despite numerous studies exploring its topological trivial/nontrivial nature, it has never been …

First-principles study of optoelectronic and thermoelectronic properties of the ScAgC half-Heusler compound

VK Solet, S Sk, SK Pandey - Physica Scripta, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we have presented a theoretical study in the context of photovoltaic (PV) and
thermoelectric (TE) applications of ScAgC. The electronic, optical, and thermoelectric …

Exploring cesium–tellurium phase space via high-throughput calculations beyond semi-local density-functional theory

HD Saßnick, C Cocchi - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Boosted by the relentless increase in available computational resources, high-throughput
calculations based on first-principles methods have become a powerful tool to screen a …

Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting with PdSn4 Dirac Nodal Arc Semimetal

DW Boukhvalov, CN Kuo, S Nappini, A Marchionni… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recently, several researchers have claimed the existence of superior catalytic activity
associated with topological materials belonging to the class of Dirac/Weyl semimetals …

A 2D low-buckled hexagonal honeycomb Weyl-point spin-gapless semiconductor family with the quantum anomalous Hall effect

W Zhang, S Ding, J Zhang, Z Cheng, Z Wu - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs), serving as superior alternatives to half-metals, open
up new avenues in spintronics. Specifically, Weyl-point SGSs (WPSGSs) with ideal Weyl …