Optical absorption properties of Ge2–44 and P-doped Ge nanoparticles
作者:Wei Qin*, Wen-Cai Lu*, Li-Zhen Zhao, K.M. Ho, C.Z. Wang
关键字:optical absorption,Ge nanoparticles
论文来源:期刊
具体来源:Computational Materials Science 140, 148(2017)
发表时间:2017年
The optical absorption properties of non-crystalline and crystalline Ge nanoparticles with the sizes from ~2.5 to 15 ? have been studied at the B3LYP/6-31G level using time-dependent density functional theory. Hydrogen passivation and phosphorus doping on some selected Ge nanoparticles were also calculated. With the increase of cluster size, the optical absorption spectra of the non-crystalline Ge nanoparticles change from many peaks to a continuous broad band and at the same time exhibit a systematic red-shift. Doping phosphorus also causes the absorption spectra to shift toward the lower energy region for both non-crystalline and crystalline Ge nanoparticles. The non-crystalline Ge nanoparticles are found to have stronger absorption in the visible region in comparison with the crystalline ones, regardless phosphorus doping.