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结合密度泛函理论正确描述功能氧化物钙钛矿的能量、晶格结构和电子密度

Combining density functional theories to correctly describe the energy, lattice structure and electronic density of functional oxide perovskites

Kiel T. Williams, Lucas K. Wagner, Claudio Cazorla, Tim Gould

摘要:

功能氧化物钙钛矿是尖端技术应用的支柱。密度泛函理论(DFT)模拟是理解和设计钙钛矿材料的理论方法。然而,由于缺乏严格的固体理论基准,对DFT描述氧化物钙钛矿基本性质的可靠性的测试很少并且大多定义不清。在这里,我们提出了一个量子Monte Carlo基准研究DFT的原型钙钛矿钛酸钡$_{3}$(BTO)。这表明,没有DFT近似可以同时再现BTO的能量,结构和电子密度。选择DFT近似的传统协议是经验性的,并且不能检测到这个缺点。结合两种不同的非经验DFT方案“SCAN”和“HSE06”的方法能够准确地整体描述BTO。因此,组合DFT方法应被视为模拟氧化物钙钛矿的标准方法的有前途的替代方案。

英文摘要:

Functional oxide perovskites are the pillar of cutting-edge technological applications. Density functional theory (DFT) simulations are the theoretical methods of choice to understand and design perovskite materials. However, tests on the reliability of DFT to describe fundamental properties of oxide perovskites are scarce and mostly ill-defined due to a lack of rigorous theoretical benchmarks for solids. Here, we present a quantum Monte Carlo benchmark study of DFT on the archetypal perovskite BaTiO$_{3}$ (BTO). It shows that no DFT approximation can simultaneously reproduce the energy, structure, and electronic density of BTO. Traditional protocols to select DFT approximations are empirical and fail to detect this shortcoming. An approach combining two different non-empirical DFT schemes, "SCAN" and "HSE06", is able to holistically describe BTO with accuracy. Combined DFT approaches should thus be considered as a promising alternative to standard methods for simulating oxide perovskites.

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