All-electron mixed basis GW calculations of TiO2 and ZnO crystals

Ming Zhang, Shota Ono, Naoki Nagatsuka, and Kaoru Ohno
Phys. Rev. B 93, 155116 – Published 8 April 2016

Abstract

In transition metal oxide systems, there exists a serious discrepancy between the theoretical quasiparticle energies and the experimental photoemission energies. To improve the accuracy of electronic structure calculations for these systems, we use the all-electron mixed basis GW method, in which single-particle wave functions are accurately described by the linear combinations of plane waves and atomic orbitals. We adopt the full ω integration to evaluate the correlation part of the self-energy and compare the results with those obtained by plasmon pole models. We present the quasiparticle energies and band gap of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO) within the one-shot GW approximation. The results are in reasonable agreement with experimental data in the case of TiO2 but underestimated by about 0.6–1.4 eV from experimental data in the case of ZnO, although our results are comparable to previous one-shot GW calculations. We also explain a new approach to perform ω integration very efficiently and accurately.

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  • Received 21 September 2015
  • Revised 2 February 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.155116

©2016 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Ming Zhang1, Shota Ono1, Naoki Nagatsuka1,2, and Kaoru Ohno1,*

  • 1Department of Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
  • 2Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan

  • *ohno@ynu.ac.jp

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Vol. 93, Iss. 15 — 15 April 2016

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