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Abstract
We present a first principles study of boron and phosphorus substitutional defects in Si-XII. Recent results from nanoindentation experiments reveal that the Si-XII phase is semiconducting and has the interesting property that it can be doped n- and p-type at room temperature without an annealing step. Using the hybrid functional of Heyd, Scuseria and Ernzerhof (HSE), we examine the formation energies of the B and P defects at the two distinct atomic sites in Si-XII to find on which site the substitutional defects are more easily accommodated. We also estimate the thermodynamic transition levels of each defect in its relevant charge states. The hybrid calculations also give an independent prediction that Si-XII is semiconducting, in agreement with recent experimental data.
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