Theoretical investigation of carbon defects and diffusion in α-quartz

Köhler, Christof and Hajnal, Zoltán and Deák, Péter and Frauenheim, Thomas and Suhai, Sándor (2001) Theoretical investigation of carbon defects and diffusion in α-quartz. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 64 (8). No. 085333. ISSN 0163-1829

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Abstract

The geometries, formation energies, and diffusion barriers of carbon point defects in silica (α-quartz) have been calculated using a charge-self-consistent density-functional based nonorthogonal tight-binding method. It is found that bonded interstitial carbon configurations have significantly lower formation energies (on the order of 5 eV) than substitutionals. The activation energy of atomic C diffusion via trapping and detrapping in interstitial positions is about 2.7 eV. Extraction of a CO molecule requires an activation energy <3.1 eV but the CO molecule can diffuse with an activation energy <0.4 eV. Retrapping in oxygen vacancies is hindered—unlike for O2—by a barrier of about 2 eV.

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