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Molecular Physics
An International Journal at the Interface Between Chemistry and Physics
Volume 119, 2021 - Issue 23
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Research Article

Structural phase transformation, insulator to semiconductor transition by Be/Sr doping and impact on optical properties of KMgF3 fluro-perovskite

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Article: e1959661 | Received 16 Apr 2021, Accepted 19 Jul 2021, Published online: 28 Jul 2021
 

Abstract

In the past few years fluoroperovskite have gained an immense interest by researchers and making it a hot candidate for optoelectronic applications. In this work, first time, we have computed the structural, electronic and optical properties of pure and Be/Sr-doped fluoroperovskite KMgF3. The structural stability is analysed by calculating optimised lattice parameters of pure and doped (1.04%, 4.22% and 7.04%) KMgF3. The structural results show the phase transformation from cubic to body centre Aa tetragonal structure. The band gap of pure KMgF3 is indirect, at G and R symmetry points, which converted to direct band gap, at G symmetry point, after doping at all doping concentrations. The anomalous behaviour of Be decreases the band gap from 6.135 to 2.469 eV and the insulating behaviour is transformed to semi-conducting nature. While in Sr case, the band gap decreases (6.153–5.446 eV) but the nature of the compound remains insulating. The optical properties like absorption, refractive index, reflection, loss function and extinction coefficient are computed from the complex dielectric function. The study of electric and optical properties will give the basis for future applications of KMgF3 in optoelectronic devices.

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Acknowledgement

Thank to Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan for financial support to S. S. A. Gillani under 6934/NRPU/HEC grant number.

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All the authors are well agreed with the contents of this manuscript. Not all the paper or any part of this manuscript is under consideration to any journal.

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Funding

This work was supported by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan [grant number 6934/NRPU/HEC].

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