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. 2019 Jul 3;116(30):14829–14834. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904926116

Table 3.

Calculated properties of MgG-3TMNG-2 materials

Compound Disorder state Gap type Eg, eV Egopt, eV me*/m0 mh*/m0 εi/ε0 εe/ε0
MgTiN2 Ground state Indirect 0.91 2.1 1.4 1.4 71.4 8.4
Moderate-dis NA 0.92 1.2 1.4 1.4
Strong-dis NA 0.81 1.0 1.5 1.5
MgZrN2 Ground state Direct forbidden 1.47 2.5 0.6 1.6 31.6 6.9
Moderate-dis NA 1.67 2.2 1.1 2.1
Strong-dis NA 1.39 1.8 1.3 2.4
MgHfN2 Ground state Direct forbidden 1.79 2.9 0.6 1.5 25.6 6.3
Moderate-dis NA 1.92 2.6 0.8 2.0
Strong-dis NA 1.79 2.4 1.1 2.1
Mg2NbN3 Ground state Indirect 1.84 2.7 0.6 1.9 61.0 7.1
Moderate-dis NA 2.14 2.3 1.5 3.6
Strong-dis NA 1.66 1.8 1.3 3.7

Electronic bandgap types, electronic bandgaps, optical absorption onsets (Egopt, defined as energy when α = 103 cm−1), DOS effective masses, and dielectric constants (εi = ionic, εe = electronic). In disordered materials, the gap is not well defined (NA, not applicable).