Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7988085 | Solid State Communications | 2018 | 34 Pages |
Abstract
In this paper, we have investigated the electronic, magnetic, half-metallic and mechanical properties of a new Zr-based equiatomic quaternary Heusler (EQH) compound ZrRhTiTl by means of the first-principles calculations. With the help of the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) in the scheme of Perdew-Burke-Enzerhof (PBE), we reveal that the ZrRhTiTl is an excellent half-metallic material (HMM) at its equilibrium lattice constant 6.70Â Ã
. In the minority-spin direction, a quite large band gap (Ebg) of 0.584 eV and a half-metallic band-gap (EHM) of 0.137 eV can be observed. For ZrRhTiTl, the formation energy of â1.18 eV and the cohesive energy of 19.35 eV suggest that it is a thermo-stabilized material in theory. The formation mechanism of EHM in the minority-spin direction has also been discussed by considering of the possible d-d hybridization between Zr, Ti and Rh elements. The total magnetic moment of ZrRhTiTl is 2 μB and it satisfies the famous Slater-Pauling rule Mt = Zt-18. Two types of strain, i.e., uniform strain and tetragonal deformation, have been taken into account to examine the magneto-electronic and half-metallic behaviors of ZrRhTiTl EQH compound. Finally, we show that ZrRhTiTl is mechanically stable, ductile and anisotropic.
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Authors
Xiaotian Wang, Weiqi Zhao, Zhenxiang Cheng, Xuefang Dai, R. Khenata,