Theoretical study of the adsorption modes of a process control agent in the growth of PbTe

Authors

  • H. Rojas Chávez Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Tláhuac II
  • Alan Miralrio Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias
  • J. M. Juárez-García Universidad Tecnológica del Estado de Querétaro
  • H. Cruz Martínez Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Etla
  • F. Montejo Alvaro Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Etla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFis.71.011004

Keywords:

Formaldehyde; lead telluride; process control agent; Wulff construction; surface energy

Abstract

The effect of formaldehyde (CH2O) as a surface modifier of PbTe is evaluated. Global descriptors are calculated through density functional theory to delve into the nature of the interaction between CH2O and the PbTe surface. The CH2O molecule is structurally optimized using the PBE exchange-correlation functional and ultrasoft pseudopotentials. Subsequently, vertical ionization energies and vertical electron affinities are calculated to elucidate how the CH2O molecule behaves energetically with respect to electron removal and gain, respectively. In order to determine regions with higher and lower charge accumulation, the electrostatic potential on the van der Waals isosurface is mapped. It is inferred that the theoretical knowledge generated is useful for proposing modes of CH2O adsorption on the PbTe surface, results that rationalize the faces exposed by PbTe after surface treatment. The optimized structures of the composite systems showed a close correlation between the change in surface energy (Δγ) and the exposed faces of PbTe. Finally, through Wulff construction, the morphology of PbTe interacting with CH2O as a process control agent is determined. It was found that formaldehyde helps decrease the surface energy of the exposed faces of PbTe, leading to decahedra and faceted morphologies.

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2025-01-01

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H. Rojas-Chávez, A. J. Miralrio Pineda, J. M. . Juarez Garcia, H. Cruz-Martínez, and F. . Montejo-Alvaro, “Theoretical study of the adsorption modes of a process control agent in the growth of PbTe”, Rev. Mex. Fís., vol. 71, no. 1 Jan-Feb, pp. 011004 1–, Jan. 2025.

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Vol. 71 No. 1 Jan-Feb (2025): Revista Mexicana de Física

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