Table 4.
Calculated effective masses of charge carriers in the studied structures.
Structure | (VBM) | (bandgap state) | (CBM) | ||||
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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 |