Nonempirical hybrid functionals for band gaps and polaronic distortions in solids

作者:Miceli Giacomo*; Chen Wei; Reshetnyak Igor; Pasquarello Alfredo
来源:Physical Review B, 2018, 97(12): 121112.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.121112

摘要

We construct hybrid functionals in a nonempirical way by fixing the fraction of Fock exchange through either the long-range screening or the generalized Koopmans' condition applied to defect charge-transition levels. These functionals not only give band gaps of solids as accurate as state-of-the-art GW calculations, but are also capable of describing polaronic distortions. The Koopmans' condition is found to be satisfied across a series of defects, to the point of achieving accurate band gaps through a hydrogen probe. Extension to range-separated functionals demonstrates the robustness of the present approach.

  • 出版日期2018-3-26