Issue 34, 2013

A computer study and photoelectric property analysis of potassium-doped lithium niobate single crystals

Abstract

First-principles theory was used to design a potassium-doped lithium niobate single crystal. The structural, electronic, optical and ferroelectric properties of the potassium-doped LiNbO3 single crystal model have been investigated using a generalized gradient approximation within density functional theory. It was found that substitution with potassium drastically changed the optical and electronic nature of the crystal and that the band gap slightly decreases. A series of LiNbO3 single crystals doped with x mol% K (x = 0, 3, 6, 9, 12 mol%) were successfully grown using the Czochralski method. The crystals were characterized using powder X-ray diffraction, UV-vis-infrared absorption spectroscopy and a ferroelectric property test. The experimental test results were consistent with the calculated predictions.

Graphical abstract: A computer study and photoelectric property analysis of potassium-doped lithium niobate single crystals

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 May 2013
Accepted
12 Jun 2013
First published
17 Jun 2013

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013,15, 14347-14356

A computer study and photoelectric property analysis of potassium-doped lithium niobate single crystals

W. Wang, R. Wang, W. Zhang, L. Xing, Y. Xu and X. Wu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 14347 DOI: 10.1039/C3CP51994E

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