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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computational Chemistry

Background:

  • Phosphides are valuable materials with diverse applications owing to their unique optical, mechanical, and catalytic properties.
  • Understanding the high-pressure behavior of aluminum phosphides is crucial for discovering novel materials with enhanced functionalities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the phase diagram and properties of aluminum phosphides under high pressure using computational methods.
  • To identify new stable stoichiometries and explore their potential applications as functional materials.

Main Methods:

  • Employed an unbiased structure searching method combined with first-principles calculations.
  • Analyzed phonon spectra, electronic band structures, and electron-phonon coupling.

Main Results:

  • Identified stable high-pressure phases for aluminum phosphides, including unconventional stoichiometries Al2P, AlP2, and AlP3.
  • AlP2 with P21 symmetry is dynamically stable at ambient pressure, exhibiting a 1.51 eV band gap and ~10.54 GPa hardness, indicating potential as a photoelectric material.
  • Metallic AlP3 (Immm) and AlP2 (I4/mmm) were predicted to be superconductors with critical temperatures of 3.9 K at 150 GPa and 10.2 K at 100 GPa, respectively.

Conclusions:

  • The study reveals novel chemical bonding in aluminum phosphides under high pressure.
  • Provides a theoretical foundation for the experimental synthesis of multifunctional aluminum phosphide materials.