Core/Shell CdSe/CdTe Heterostructure Nanowires Under Axial Strain
Core/Shell CdSe/CdTe Heterostructure Nanowires Under Axial Strain
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DOI:
10.1021/jp907150d
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发表时间:
2010-01
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
T. Sadowski;R. Ramprasad
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作者:
T. Sadowski;R. Ramprasad
An ab initio computational study was performed to assess the impact of uniaxial strain (along the wurtzite c axis) on the electronic structure of CdSe and CdTe systems of decreasing dimensionality. In bulk situations, the band gap of CdSe under tension behaves as expected, decreasing with increasing c, whereas CdTe under compression is accompanied by an sp3 to sp2 transition that results in a decrease in the band gap. Through a series of two-dimensional heterostructure slabs, the impact of strain on the valence band offset (VBO) between CdSe and CdTe was considered and found to decrease with increasing c lattice parameter. The variation of the band gap of single-component CdSe and CdTe nanowires strictly follows the trends obtained in the bulk calculations, although the absolute values of the nanowire band gap were larger due to quantum confinement. The impact of strain on the VBO in core/shell heterostructure nanowires was found to depend on the choice of core material. When CdSe is used as the core mate...