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Lattice energy of zinc blende (A III B V and A II B VI ) solids
Author(s) -
Verma A. S.,
Sharma D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.200743335
Subject(s) - lattice energy , lattice (music) , ionic bonding , chemistry , crystallography , semiconductor , lattice constant , ion , atomic physics , analytical chemistry (journal) , crystal structure , physics , diffraction , quantum mechanics , acoustics , chromatography , optics , organic chemistry
In this paper we present an expression relating the lattice energy ( U in kcal/mol) for the A III B V and A II B VI semiconductors with the product of ionic charges ( Z 1 Z 2 ) and nearest‐neighbor distance d (Å). The lattice energy of these compounds exhibit a linear relationship when plotted on a log–log scale against the nearest‐neighbor distance d (Å), but fall on different straight lines according to the ionic charge product of the compounds. A fairly good agreement has been found between the observed and calculated values of the lattice energy for A III B V and A II B VI semiconductors. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)