An ab initio evaluation of the local effective interactions in the NaxCoO2 family

作者:Landron Sylvain*; Soret Julien; Lepetit Marie Bernadette
来源:Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter , 2010, 22(34): 345603.
DOI:10.1088/0953-8984/22/34/345603

摘要

We used quantum chemical ab initio methods to determine the effective parameters of Hubbard and t-J models for the NaxCoO2 compounds (x = 0 and 0.5). As for the superconducting compound we found the a(1g) cobalt orbitals above the e(g)' ones by a few hundreds of meV due to the e(g)'-e(g) hybridization of the cobalt 3d orbitals. The correlation strength was found to increase with the sodium content x, whereas the in-plane AFM coupling decreases. The less correlated system was found to be the pure CoO2, however it is still strongly correlated and very close to the Mott transition. Indeed we found U/t similar to 15, which is the critical value for the Mott transition in a triangular lattice. Finally, we found the magnetic exchanges in the CoO2 layers to be strongly dependent on the weak local structural distortions.

  • 出版日期2010-9-1