Bandgap and electronic structure of CaSiN2: Experiment and theory

de Boer, Tristan; Boyko, Teak D.; Braun, Cordula; Schnick, Wolfgang and Moewes, Alexander (2022): Bandgap and electronic structure of CaSiN2: Experiment and theory. In: International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, Vol. 20, No. 1: pp. 197-203

Abstract

We interrogate the electronic properties of the nitridosilicate CaSiN2 as determined using soft X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy, which probe directly the partial electronic density of states. We compare our measurements to full potential, all electron density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Good agreement between experiment and theory is obtained, and the electronic bandgap of CaSiN2 is determined to be 3.95 +/- 0.3 eV, in contrast with our predicted value of 4.78 eV that was calculated using the modified Becke-Johnson exchange-correlation functional with the DFT framework.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
• Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
• ISSN: 1546-542X
• Language: English