Study of High-Temperature Behaviour of ZnO by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Bocharov, Dmitry; Pudza, Inga; Klementiev, Konstantin; Krack, Matthias; Kuzmin, Alexei

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Study of High-Temperature Behaviour of ZnO by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Dmitry Bocharov

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Inga Pudza

Konstantin Klementiev

Matthias Krack

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Alexei Kuzmin

^1,*

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Kengaraga Street 8, LV-1063 Riga, Latvia

MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden

Laboratory for Materials Simulations, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland

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Academic Editors: Ana Pimentel and Daniela Nunes

Materials 2021, 14(18), 5206; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185206

Received: 5 August 2021 / Revised: 3 September 2021 / Accepted: 8 September 2021 / Published: 10 September 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue ZnO Materials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications)

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Wurtzite-type zinc oxide (w-ZnO) is a widely used material with a pronounced structural anisotropy along the c axis, which affects its lattice dynamics and represents a difficulty for its accurate description using classical models of interatomic interactions. In this study, ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) was employed to simulate a bulk w-ZnO phase in the NpT ensemble in the high-temperature range from 300 K to 1200 K. The results of the simulations were validated by comparison with the experimental Zn K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra and known diffraction data. AIMD NpT simulations reproduced well the thermal expansion of the lattice, and the pronounced anharmonicity of Zn–O bonding was observed above 600 K. The values of mean-square relative displacements and mean-square displacements for Zn–O and Zn–Zn atom pairs were obtained as a function of interatomic distance and temperature. They were used to calculate the characteristic Einstein temperatures. The temperature dependences of the O–Zn–O and Zn–O–Zn bond angle distributions were also determined. View Full-Text

Keywords: ZnO; zinc oxide; ab initio molecular dynamics; extended X-ray absorption fine structure

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Bocharov, D.; Pudza, I.; Klementiev, K.; Krack, M.; Kuzmin, A. Study of High-Temperature Behaviour of ZnO by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Materials 2021, 14, 5206. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185206

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Bocharov D, Pudza I, Klementiev K, Krack M, Kuzmin A. Study of High-Temperature Behaviour of ZnO by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Materials. 2021; 14(18):5206. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185206

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Bocharov, Dmitry, Inga Pudza, Konstantin Klementiev, Matthias Krack, and Alexei Kuzmin. 2021. "Study of High-Temperature Behaviour of ZnO by Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy" Materials 14, no. 18: 5206. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185206

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