Studies on the Geometric and Electronic Structures of SiC Polytypes

Abstract:

SiC poly-type geometric structure, electronic structure and energy have been subjected to systematic study based on first principle calculation method given in density functional theory. After calculation, the energy results show that 4H-SiC system energy is the lowest and stablest, while 2H-SiC system energy is the highest and unstablest; the calculation results of the band structure show that six SiC poly-types are indirect wide band gap semiconductor, with valence band top on point Γ of Brillouin zone, conduction band bottom on point M of Brillouin zone; with the increase of hexagonality, the energy gap and valence band width are gradually getting smaller, with largest splitting of orbital energy level on 2H-SiC valence band top, reaching to 0.122 eV, while the splitting of orbital energy level on 8H-SiC valence band top is the smallest, with 0.027 eV only.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 926-930)
• Pages: 234-237
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.926-930.234
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Fu Chun Zhang*, Xian Hui Zhong, Xing Xiang Ruan, Wei Hu Zhang
• Keywords: Electronic Structure, First-Principle, Geometric Structure, Silicon Carbide (SiC)

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