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Prediction of isolated and thermal point defects in B2 aluminium-based crystalline compounds of transition metals AlTM (TM = Ru, Ir, Os and Rh)
A. Kerboub
a
H. Louafi
b
B. Zaidi
b
E. Belbacha
a

aLaboratory of physical chemical study of materials (LEPCM), Department of

physics, Faculty of matter sciences, University of Batna 1, Algeria

bDepartment of physics, Faculty of matter sciences, University of Batna 1, Algeria


Journal of Ovonic Research 2025, 21(2),263-277; https://doi.org/10.15251/JOR.2025.212.263
Submitted:Jan 31, 2025
Accepted:Apr 22, 2025
Published:May 05, 2025
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A. Kerboub ,H. Louafi ,B. Zaidi ,E. Belbacha . (2025). Journal of Ovonic Research. Prediction of isolated and thermal point defects in B2 aluminium-based crystalline compounds of transition metals AlTM (TM = Ru, Ir, Os and Rh), 21(2), ,263-277. https://doi.org/10.15251/JOR.2025.212.263
Abstract

The present paper reports the studies on Aluminum-based crystalline compounds AlTM (TM =Ru, Ir, Os and Rh).The random pseudobinary (A1-xBxC) compounds with compositions x = 0.25 and 0.5 have been investigated using Special Quasirandom Structures (SQS) approach. First principle calculations have been performed to investigate types of defect present in non-stoichiometric B2 AlTMphase. The results indicate that the Al-antisite defect and TM-antisite defect are the main defects present along Al-rich side and TM-rich side respectively. Additionally, at finite temperature along the Al-rich region, Al vacancies and along TM-rich side, TM vacancies which are the constituents of Schottky defect are the main thermal defects in B2 AlTM respectively.

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