Research Article

Effects of Single Doping and Composite Doping of Yttrium and Antimony on the Structural, Thermodynamic, Mechanical, and Electronic Properties of Mg2Si by First Principles

Table 1

The optimized lattice parameters for Y and (or) Sb doping of Mg2Si.

PhaseLattice constants (nm)Cell volume (nm3)Ref.

Mg8Si4
[31]
[32]
[33]
(a) Mg7Si4Y
(b) Mg8Si3Y
(c) Mg8Si4Y
(d) Mg7Si4Sb
(e) Mg8Si3Sb
(f) Mg8Si4Sb
(g) Mg6Si4YSb
(h) Mg7Si3YSb
(i) Mg7Si4YSb
(j) Mg8Si2YSb
(k) Mg7Si3YSb
(l) Mg8Si3YSb
(m) Mg8Si4YSb
(n) Mg7Si4YSb
(o) Mg8Si3YSb