2019
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2019-100305-3
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Predicting the elastic, phonon and thermodynamic properties of cubic HfNiX (X = Ge and Sn) Half Heulser alloys: a DFT study

Abstract: In this work, details density functional theory calculations were performed to obtain the electronic, elastic, phonon and thermodynamic properties of half-Heusler alloys HfNiX (X = Ge and Sn). The PBE functional as implemented in Projector augmented-wave (PAW) pseudopotentials was used for all the calculations. From our results, we reported the energy gap of 0.38 eV for HfNiSn and 0.61 eV for HfNiGe indicating the semiconductor property of these compounds. Also, the mechanical and elastical stabilities of thes… Show more

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“…The structural and electronic properties of some alloys among this set were already investigated in the literature. Adetunji et al [53] reported some properties of the cubic HfNiGe phase, i.e., a of 5.861 Å, B of 143.1 GPa, and E g of 0.61 eV. These three values are very close to our predictions and are consistent with the RMSE of the related SVR models.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 90%
“…The structural and electronic properties of some alloys among this set were already investigated in the literature. Adetunji et al [53] reported some properties of the cubic HfNiGe phase, i.e., a of 5.861 Å, B of 143.1 GPa, and E g of 0.61 eV. These three values are very close to our predictions and are consistent with the RMSE of the related SVR models.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 90%
“…The expansion of monotonous rapid expansion of the compounds takes place at temperatures significantly below Θ D , and at temperatures above Θ D , the compounds exhibit strong harmonicity. ScNiSb remains competitive and relevant compared with some pristine half Heusler semiconductors reported in the literature [46][47][48][49].…”
Section: Propertiesmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…These studies enable us to identify the various fields in which they can be used. We have discovered that these materials have important properties that can be used in diverse technologies and industrial domains as in: optics, semiconductor, spintronic applications, solar cells, optoelectronic devices and thermoelectrics [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. Half Heusler materials are an interesting category of ternary intermetallic materials having a general formula XYZ.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%