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First-principle studies of the ternary palladates CaPd3O4 and SrPd3O4

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Ternary palladates CaPd3O4 and SrPd3O4 have been studied theoretically using density functional theory approach. The calculated structural properties are consistent with the experimental findings. Mechanical properties show that these compounds are elastically stable, anisotropic and ductile in nature. The electronic properties reveal that they are narrow band gap semiconductors with band gaps 0.12 and 0.10 eV, correspondingly. Both materials are optically active in the infrared ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum. Narrow band gap semiconductors are efficient thermoelectric (TE) materials; therefore, TE properties are also studied and discussed. Furthermore, DFT and post-DFT calculations confirm the paramagnetic nature of these compounds.

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    AMIN KHAN, ZAHID ALI, IMAD KHAN & IFTIKHAR AHMAD

  2. Department of Physics, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Dir (Lower), 18800, Pakistan

    AMIN KHAN, ZAHID ALI, IMAD KHAN & IFTIKHAR AHMAD

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Isfahan, Hezar Gerib Avenue, Isfahan, 81744, Iran

    SAEID JALALI ASADABADI

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KHAN, A., ALI, Z., KHAN, I. et al. First-principle studies of the ternary palladates CaPd3O4 and SrPd3O4 . Bull Mater Sci 39, 1861–1870 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-016-1322-8

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