• Chinese Physics B
  • Vol. 29, Issue 10, (2020)
Ming-Wei Chen, Zhao Liang, Mei-Ling Liu, Uppalapati Pramod Kumar, Chao Liu, and Tong-Xiang Liang
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  • Faculty of Materials Metallurgy and Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/aba097 Cite this Article
    Ming-Wei Chen, Zhao Liang, Mei-Ling Liu, Uppalapati Pramod Kumar, Chao Liu, Tong-Xiang Liang. First principles study of post-boron carbide phases with icosahedra broken[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10): Copy Citation Text show less
    Structural models for (a) po, (b) cP30, and (c) oP10.
    Fig. 1. Structural models for (a) po, (b) cP30, and (c) oP10.
    Curves of enthalpy (relative to cP30) versus pressure for various B4C polymorphs.
    Fig. 2. Curves of enthalpy (relative to cP30) versus pressure for various B4C polymorphs.
    Calculated band structure for (a) po-B4C: GGA and (b) HSE06, with horizontal red line, cyan line, and green line representing Fermi level, VMB, and CMB, respectively.
    Fig. 3. Calculated band structure for (a) po-B4C: GGA and (b) HSE06, with horizontal red line, cyan line, and green line representing Fermi level, VMB, and CMB, respectively.
    Calculated band structures for B4C models based on HSE06: (a) aP10, (b) mC10, (c) mP20, (d) oP10, (e) tP15, (f) hP20, (g) cP20, and (h) cP30, with horizontal red line, cyan line, and green line representing Fermi level, VMB, and CMB, respectively.
    Fig. 4. Calculated band structures for B4C models based on HSE06: (a) aP10, (b) mC10, (c) mP20, (d) oP10, (e) tP15, (f) hP20, (g) cP20, and (h) cP30, with horizontal red line, cyan line, and green line representing Fermi level, VMB, and CMB, respectively.
    Calculated PDOSs for B4C models based on HSE06: (a) aP10, (b) mC10, (c) mP20, (d) oP10, (e) hP20, and (f) cP30, with red dash line denoting Fermi level.
    Fig. 5. Calculated PDOSs for B4C models based on HSE06: (a) aP10, (b) mC10, (c) mP20, (d) oP10, (e) hP20, and (f) cP30, with red dash line denoting Fermi level.
    Orbits near Fermi-level of oP10-B4C at ambient pressure, viewing along axis (a) a and (b) c, respectively, with isovalue being 0.02 e/Å3.
    Fig. 6. Orbits near Fermi-level of oP10-B4C at ambient pressure, viewing along axis (a) a and (b) c, respectively, with isovalue being 0.02 e/Å3.
    BGEνHv
    po239.44196.75463.340.17730.97
    aP10215.39225.17500.950.11244.80
    mC10275.33271.75613.430.12947.94
    mP2278.80250.26577.870.15540.60
    oP1261.14252.88573.520.13444.59
    tP15215.21214.36482.790.12640.95
    hP20290.18102.36274.780.3427.45
    cP20230.97147.31364.460.23718.92
    cP30284.03109.17290.320.3308.60
    Table 1. B, G, E, ν, and Hv (in units of GPa) for various B4C polymorphs at ambient pressure.
    BGEνHv
    aP10704.36361.12925.240.28127.84
    mC10728.72456.611133.150.24141.30
    mP20713.44402.811017.020.26233.57
    oP10723.43399.791012.800.26732.59
    tP15720.76370.91949.810.28028.50
    rH15736.85534.691291.650.20854.57
    Table 2. Values of B, G, E, ν, and Hv (in units of GPa) for various B4C polymorphs at high pressure of 150 GPa.
    Ming-Wei Chen, Zhao Liang, Mei-Ling Liu, Uppalapati Pramod Kumar, Chao Liu, Tong-Xiang Liang. First principles study of post-boron carbide phases with icosahedra broken[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(10):
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