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. 2019 Jul 15;9:10159. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46778-5

Table 4.

Calculated effective masses of charge carriers in the studied structures.

Structure mh (VBM) mh (bandgap state) me (CBM)
Pure ZrO2 Direction G → F G → Z G → F G → Z
Calculation 0.331 0.249 0.389 1.22
Average 0.29 0.805
1Ov Direction G → F G → Z Q → F Q → Z G → F
Calculation 0.334 0.262 0.442 0.508 0.841
Average 0.298 0.475
2Ov Direction G → F G → Z Q → F Q → Z F → Q F → G
Calculation 0.325 0.215 0.986 0.512 0.63 0.797
Average 0.27 0.749 0.714
1HOv Direction G → F G → Z Z → G Z → Q
Calculation 0.813 1.11 0.413 0.994
Average 0.962 0.704
HOv-Ov Direction G → F G → Z Q → F Q → Z Z → G Z → Q
Calculation 0.926 1.34 0.465 0.503 0.415 0.752
Average 1.133 0.484 0.584