Effect of Pressure on Structural, Electronic and Elastic Properties of Cubic (Pm3m) SnTiO<sub>3</sub> Using First Principle Calculation Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The electronic band structure, density of state and elastic properties of lead-free perovskite oxide SnTiO3 (ST) were investigated by employing first principles calculation using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) within local density approximation (LDA). The energy band gap was calculated from the separation between the Ti 3d (conduction band) and the maximum of O 2p (valence band). This gives an indirect band gap of 2.36 eV. The elastic constants and their pressure dependence were calculated up to 30 GPa and the independent elastic constants (C11, C12, and C44), bulk modules, B were obtained and analyzed. The results showed that SnTiO3 have a mechanical stability in cubic phase (Pm3m).

publication date

  • 2012

number of pages

  • 4

start page

  • 342

end page

  • 346

volume

  • 501