1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
[14p-P10-12] First-Principles Calculations of Band Gap and Band Off-Set of M2O3 (M=Al, Ga, In)
Keywords:Gallium oxide, first-principles calculation, band gap
We performed first-principles calculations to estimate the values of the band gap and band off-set of Al2O3, Ga2O3, and In2O3 with their stable structure of corundum, gallia, and bixbyite crystals based on density functional theory. Exchange energy functional was computed according to the recipe of Wu and Cohen, and self-interaction correction was applied to p and d electrons according to the half ionization technique, namely GGA-1/2 approach. The branch point energy was referred in calculating the values of band off-set. Calculated values of the band gap were in good agreement with available experimental data.