Crystal Structure:
CdTe (zinc blende) |
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CIF Source:
Wyckoff R W G
Crystal Structures 1 (1963) 85-237
Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York
Note: ZnS structure, sphalerite structure
_database_code_amcsd 0011518
http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/AMS/download.php?id=13506.cif&down=cif
Simulated Powder XRD using VESTA:
X-Ray Wavelength: 1.54059 Angstrom

Simulation 1: GGA
Pseudopotential Used:
Cd.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF
Te.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF
PP Type: Ultrasoft
Exchange Correlation Functional: PBE-GGA
Non-linear core corrections are used.
Wavefunction Energy Cutoff: 37 Ry
Charge Density Energy Cutoff: 407 Ry
k – mesh: 8x8x8
Run Type: GGA-PBE
Total Energy vs Cutoff:
Cutoff(Ry) Total Energy(Ry)
25 -514.64375403
30 -515.75641511
35 -515.87750311
37 -515.87996809
40 -515.87976932
Optimized Coordinates and Lattice Parameters:
CELL_PARAMETERS {angstrom}
6.605238 0.000000 0.000000
0.000000 6.605238 0.000000
0.000000 0.000000 6.605238
ATOMIC_POSITIONS {angstrom}
Cd 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
Cd 0.000000 3.302619 3.302619
Cd 3.302619 0.000000 3.302619
Cd 3.302619 3.302619 0.000000
Te 1.651310 1.651310 1.651310
Te 1.651310 4.953929 4.953929
Te 4.953929 1.651310 4.953929
Te 4.953929 4.953929 1.651310
Bandstructure:

highest occupied, lowest unoccupied level (ev): 4.4772 5.0750
Band-gap: 0.5978 eV
Density of States(DOS):

Input Files:
Acknowledgements:
I acknowledge the use of the following tools and packages in order to produce the above simulations.
Quantum Espresso(for DFT based simulations): http://www.quantum-espresso.org/
BURAI(for visualization and as a GUI for QE): http://nisihara.wixsite.com/burai
VESTA(for visualization and XRD simulations): http://jp-minerals.org/vesta/en/
References and Resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmium_telluride
Ph.D. researcher at Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany. I’m a physicist specializing in computational material science. I write efficient codes for simulating light-matter interactions at atomic scales. I like to develop Physics, DFT, and Machine Learning related apps and software from time to time. Can code in most of the popular languages. I like to share my knowledge in Physics and applications using this Blog and a YouTube channel.
Very interesting Work.
Congratulations.
I am interested to CdTe .
However, I am unable to make correct input file for Quantum Espresso.
May I request you kindly to send me input file for initial scf calculations.
Thanking You.