Structural, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of newly-designed superhard carbon materials in different crystal structures: A first-principles calculation

被引：16
作者：
Han, Wen-Duo [1 ]
Li, Ke [1 ]
Dai, Jia [1 ]
Li, Yao-Hui [1 ]
Li, Xun-Du [1 ]
机构：
[1] Nanchang Univ, Sch Mech & Elect Engn, Nanchang, Jiangxi, Peoples R China
来源：
COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE | 2020年 / 171卷
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词：
Structural; Mechanical; Thermodynamic; Carbon; First principles; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES; 1ST PRINCIPLES; EVOLUTIONARY METADYNAMICS; THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY; STRUCTURE PREDICTION; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; PHASE-STABILITY; AB-INITIO; SEARCH;
D O I：
10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109229
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
At present work, the ab-initio method was applied to systematically and deeply investigate the structural and mechanical properties, such as elastic, elastic anisotropy, thermal conductivity and thermodynamic properties of newly-designed superhard carbon in different crystal structures. The results of cohesive energies and formation enthalpies indicate that all carbon are energetically and structurally stable and P222(1) carbon has the most stable structure among these carbon allotropes. On the basis of the single-crystal elastic constants, the elastic properties, such as bulk modulus B, shear modulus G and Young's modulus E, Poisson's ratio v and hardness H-V were obtained, the values of G, E and HV is largest for P222(1) carbon. The order of elastic anisotropy is C2/m-28 > Imma > C2/m-16 > P2(1)/m > C2/m-20 > Cm-32 > Cm-40 > Amm2 > P222(1) > I-4. Clarke's and Cahill's models are employed to calculate the minimum thermal conductivities of these carbon, and the order is P222(1) > P21/m > C2/m-20 > C2/m-16 > Cm-40 > Imma > Amm2 > Cm-32 > I-4 > C2/m-28. Furthermore, the minimum thermal conductivities of these carbon allotropes are anisotropic in different direction. The analysis of thermodynamic properties can be obtained that the thermal stability of these newly-designed carbon allotropes is better than that of diamond and the order is Cm-40 > C2/m-28 > I-4 > Imma > Amm2 > Cm-32 = C2/m-20 > P222(1) > C2/m-16 > P21/m > Diamond, Cm-40 carbon has the strongest thermal stability. It can be concluded from phonon density that the C2/m-28 carbon is dynamically metastable structure. The study in this work give a comprehensive understanding of structure, elastic, elastic anisotropy, thermal conductivity and thermodynamic properties for the newly-designed superhard carbon, which can be an important guidance for the theoretical work and the fabrication in experiment in the future.
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