Theoretical Prediction of Some Physical Properties of BxAl1 – xSb Ternary Alloys

Authors S. Daoud1 , P.K. Saini2, H. Rekab-Djabri3, 4
Affiliations

1Laboratoire Materiaux et Systemes Electroniques, Universite Mohamed Elbachir El Ibrahimi de Bordj Bou Arreridj, 34000 Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algerie

2Department of Physics, Government College, Hansi, 125033 Haryana, India

3Laboratory of Micro and Nanophysics (LaMiN), Oran ENP, BP 1523, El M’Naouer, 31000 Oran, Algeria

4Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences and Earth Sciences, Akli Mohand-Oulhadj University, 10000 Bouira, Algeria

Е-mail salah_daoud07@yahoo.fr
Issue Volume 12, Year 2020, Number 6
Dates Received 12 August 2020; revised manuscript received 17 December 2020; published online 25 December 2020
Citation S. Daoud, P.K. Saini, H. Rekab-Djabri, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 12 No 6, 06008 (2020)
DOI https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.12(6).06008
PACS Number(s) 61.66.Fn, 65.40.gp, 62.20.Qp
Keywords BxAl1 – xSb alloys, Bond-length, Plasmon energy, Electronic polarizability, Microhardness (2) .
Annotation

The present contribution aims to determine several significant properties of BxAl1 – xSb (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) ternary semiconducting alloys. The nearest-neighbor distance, mass density, plasmon energy, bulk modulus, melting point, electronic polarizability, lattice energy density and microhardness as a function of boron concentration x were predicted using only the theoretical lattice constants reported in the literature. Except the bond-length and electronic polarizability, which decrease with increasing x, all other quantities increase gradually and monotonically with increasing boron content x. This suggests that when more boron atoms are incorporated into AlSb, the hardness of the material in question becomes more important. So, with the increase in x, the metallic characteristic of BxAl1 – xSb decreases from Al–Sb bond to B–Sb bond, accompanied by an increase in the magnitude of these quantities. In order to test the incertitude of the method used in the present work, we compare our data for BSb and AlSb binary compounds. In general, our data for BSb and AlSb agree well with other values available in the literature. In addition, we think that there is no data reported in the literature on the different properties studied here for BxAl1 – xSb ternary alloys.

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