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In light of recent advancements in energy technology, there is an urgent need for lead-free barium titanate (BTO) -based materials that exhibit remarkable ferroelectric and photoelectric properties. Notwithstanding the considerable…

Using the first-principles density-functional theory plan-wave pseudopotential method, we investigate the structure and magnetism in 25% Mn substitutive and interstitial doped monoclinic, tetragonal and cubic ZrO2 systematically. Our…

A comparative study of wurtzite ZnO doped by rare earth elements (Tm, Yb, Ce) have been investigated using density functional theory (DFT) based on the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave orbital (FP-LAPW) method, as implemented…

This study investigates the photocatalytic nitrogen fixation on a cation-doped surface (Bi$_{x}$M$_{y}$)$_2$MoO$_6$ where (M = Fe, La, Yb) in both the orthorhombic and monoclinic configurations using a density functional theory (DFT)…

We propose a new method for accurately calculating electrical transport properties of a lightly-doped thermoelectric material from density functional theory (DFT) calculations, based on experimental data and density functional theory…

The defect induced chemical expansion in acceptor-doped barium zirconate is investigated using density-functional theory (DFT) calculations. The two defect species involved in the hydration reaction, the +2 charged oxygen vacancy and the…

Using Density functional theory (DFT) in conjunction with a solvation model we have investigated the phenomenon of eletrode-electrolyte interaction at the electrode surface and its consequences on the electrochemical properties like the…

In this paper we study, both with theoretical and experimental approach, the effect of iron doping in zirconia. Combining density functional theory (DFT) simulations with the experimental characterization of thin films, we show that iron is…

Recent experimental work has realized a new insulating state of samarium nickelate (SmNiO$_3$), accessible in a reversible manner via high-density electron doping. To elucidate this behavior, we use the first-principles density functional…

The addition of electron donors to the vacant A site of defect-perovskite structure tungsten trioxide causes a series of structural and chemical phase transitions; for instance, in the well-known case of the sodium tungsten bronzes…

The doping of lighter non-metals like boron and nitrogen into graphene represents a promising advancement in the field of nano-electronic devices, particularly in the development of field-effect transistors (FETs). These doped…

Y-doped BaZrO$_3$ is a promising proton conductor for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. In this work, a combination of static DFT calculations and DFT based molecular dynamics (DFT-MD) was used to study proton conduction in…

Oxygen vacancies are often attributed to changes in the electronic transport for perovskite oxide materials (ABO$_3$). Here, we use density functional theory (DFT) coupled with non-equilibrium Green's functions (NEGF) to systematically…

In the present study, structural changes due to gradual doping of Sr in BaTiO3 were investigated by both x-ray and neutron powder diffraction techniques. Ba1-xSrxTiO3 (x=0.0, 0.5 and 1.0) samples were synthesized by PVA evaporation method…

Hybrid functionals and empirical correction schemes are compared to conventional semi-local density functional theory (DFT) calculations in order to assess the predictive power of these methods concerning the formation energy and the charge…

We study the electronic structure and magnetism of 25% Mn substituted cubic Zirconia (ZrO2) with several homogeneous and heterogeneous doping profiles using density-functional theory calculations. We find that all doping profiles show…

In this work, the electronic and optical properties of a Nitrogen (N) or a Boron (B) doped BeO monolayer are investigated in the framework of density functional theory. It is known that the band gap of a BeO monolayer is large leading to…

Ab-initio spin-polarized Density Functional Theory plus U is used to study the electronic and magnetic properties of tetragonal doped barium titanate (Ba$_{1-x}$Eu$_x$O$_3$) system for different europium (Eu$^{3+}$) concentrations. For this…

Contradictory theoretical results for oxygen vacancies in SrTiO$_3$ (STO) were often related to the peculiar properties of STO, which is a $d^0$ transition metal oxide with mixed ionic-covalent bonding. Here, we apply, for the first time,…

Various physical properties (electronic, optical and thermoelectric) of cubic perovskite oxides $SrXO_3\; (X=Sc,\; Ge,\; Si)$ are investigated by using the density functional theory (DFT) within Wien2k code. This code is based on different…