Prediction of stable hafnium carbides: Stoichiometries, mechanical properties, and electronic structure

Qingfeng Zeng, Junhui Peng, Artem R. Oganov, Qiang Zhu, Congwei Xie, Xiaodong Zhang, Dong Dong, Litong Zhang, Laifei Cheng

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We have performed a search for stable compounds in the hafnium-carbon (Hf-C) system at ambient pressure using a variable-composition ab initio evolutionary algorithm implemented in the uspex code. In addition to the well-known HfC, we predicted two additional thermodynamically stable compounds Hf3C2 and Hf6C5. The structure of Hf6C5 with space group C2/m contains 22 atoms in the conventional cell, and this prediction revives the earlier proposal by Gusev and Rempel [Phys. Status Solidi A 135, 15 (1993)PSSABA0031-896510.1002/ pssa.2211350102]. The stable structure of Hf3C2 also has space group C2/m and is more energetically favorable than the Immm,P3̄m1,P2, and C2221 structures put forward by Gusev and Rempel [Phys. Status Solidi A 135, 15 (1993)PSSABA0031-896510.1002/pssa.2211350102]. The dynamical and mechanical stabilities of the newly predicted structures have been verified by calculations of their phonons and elastic constants. Structural vacancies are found in the ordered defective rock-salt-type HfC. Chemical bonding, band structure, and Bader charges are presented and are discussed. All three compounds are weak metals with increasing metallicity as the vacancy concentration increases. The mechanical properties of the hafnium carbides nonlinearly decrease with increasing vacancy concentration, indicating the defect tolerance of this refractory compound. It is, therefore, possible to tune the hardness, ductility, and electrical conductivity by varying the stoichiometry of the hafnium carbides.

源语言英语
文章编号214107
期刊Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
88
21
DOI
出版状态已出版 - 18 12月 2013

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