Structural properties of amorphous hydrogenated silicon usingab initio molecular dynamics simulations
Girish R Gupte R Prasad Vijay Kumar G L Chiarotti
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We have studied structural properties of amorphous hydrogenated silicon usingab initio molecular dynamics simulations. A sample was generated by simulated annealing using periodic boundary conditions with a supercell containing 64 silicon and 8 hydrogen atoms. The radial pair distribution functions for Si-Si, Si-H and H-H have been studied at 300 K and are found to be in good agreement with experimental data. Our results show that hydrogen saturates the dangling bonds and reduces bond strain. We also report existence of Si-H-Si bridge sites which are likely to play an important role in understanding the light induced metastability in this material.
Girish R Gupte1 R Prasad1 Vijay Kumar1 2 G L Chiarotti1 3
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