Issue 21, 2014

Effective Fermi level tuning of Bi2Se3 by introducing CdBi/CaBi dopant

Abstract

By using a first-principles method within the framework of density functional theory, we study the formation energies of Cd and Ca dopants in Bi2Se3. The calculation results show that CdBi and CaBi are the most stable defects for Cd and Ca dopants in Bi2Se3, respectively. Additionally, both the CdBi and CaBi defects in Bi2Se3 are p-type dopants, with accepter levels at ε(0/−1) = 0.030 eV and ε(0/−1) = 0.028 eV, respectively. Comparing their formation energies with that of the native defects under a different growth condition, CdBi and CaBi can effectively compensate the n-type native defects, VSe and SeBi, under Se-rich growth conditions. It is interesting to note that such compensation effects become weaker, gradually, with the growth conditions changing from Se-rich to Bi-rich. Therefore, a p-to-n or n-to-p type conversion for Bi2Se3 can be achieved by changing the growth conditions. Simultaneously, the Fermi level, which is determined by the charge neutrality condition, can be effectively tuned, which is in agreement with previous experimental reports.

Graphical abstract: Effective Fermi level tuning of Bi2Se3 by introducing CdBi/CaBi dopant

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
27 Oct 2013
Accepted
18 Dec 2013
First published
11 Feb 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 10499-10504

Effective Fermi level tuning of Bi2Se3 by introducing CdBi/CaBi dopant

L. Xue, L. Sun, G. Hao, P. Zhou, C. He, Z. Huang and J. Zhong, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 10499 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA46155F

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