HE Xu, WU Li-li, LI Chun-xiu etc. First-principles Investigation on Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of CdSe<sub>x</sub>S<sub>1-x</sub>[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2020,41(2): 188-193
HE Xu, WU Li-li, LI Chun-xiu etc. First-principles Investigation on Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of CdSe<sub>x</sub>S<sub>1-x</sub>[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2020,41(2): 188-193 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20204102.0188.
First-principles Investigation on Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of CdSexS1-x
Cadmium selenide(CdSe) is a classic Ⅱ-Ⅵ semiconductor material. Most often
CdSe with CdS can form ternary alloys CdSe
x
S
1-x
(0 x 1). CdSe
x
S
1-x
has a large application in transparency electrode of CdTe thin-film solar cells and optoelectronic device. It is helpful to improve CdSe
x
S
1-x
application value in photoelectric devices studying of its photoelectric properties. This paper calculates and analyzes the electronic structure and optical properties of CdSe
x
S
1-x
ternary alloys with plane pseudo-potential mathod based on first-principles calculations. The calculated results are compared with the experimental results. The calculation results show that the lattice constant of CdSe
x
S
1-x
ternary alloy crystal forming after Se substitutes S partly or wholly presents a tread of linear increase with the increase of Se content. Except Se:S=1:1 the crystal system of CdSe
x
S
1-x
alloy with other ration does not change
forbidden gap decreases gradually and the peak value of state density gradually shifts towards the direction of high energy with the increase of Se content. In addition
the absorption edge exhibits a blue shift with Se concentration increasing. At the same time
reflectivity
loss-function and refractive index show their peak values when Se concentration x reaches 0.5. The calculation results are in good agreement with the experiment results.
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