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密度泛函理论研究Mg(BH4)2基态范德华相互作用

Van der Waals interactions in the ground state of Mg(BH4)2 from density functional theory

A. Bil, B. Kolb, R. Atkinson, D. G. Pettifor, T. Thonhauser, A. N. Kolmogorov

摘要:

为了解决Mg(BH 4)2基态结构的实验和理论之间的显著差异,我们研究了长程色散相互作用对化合物热力学稳定性的重要性。最近开发的非局域范德华密度泛函(vdW-DF)中的相关效应的仔细处理导致与实验良好的一致性,有利于α-Mg(BH 4)2相(P6122)和密切相关的Mn(BH 4)2-原型相(P3112)在低温下的大量多晶型物。我们的研究表明,需要超越(半)局部密度泛函近似的结晶高价金属硼氢化物的可靠描述。

英文摘要:

In order to resolve an outstanding discrepancy between experiment and theory regarding the ground-state structure of Mg(BH4)2, we examine the importance of long-range dispersive interactions on the compound's thermodynamic stability. Careful treatment of the correlation effects within a recently developed nonlocal van der Waals density functional (vdW-DF) leads to a good agreement with experiment, favoring the α-Mg(BH4)2 phase (P6122) and a closely related Mn(BH4)2-prototype phase (P3112) over a large set of polymorphs at low temperatures. Our study demonstrates the need to go beyond (semi)local density functional approximations for a reliable description of crystalline high-valent metal borohydrides.

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