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Title: First principles LDA+U and GGA+U study of cerium oxides: Dependence on the effective U-parameter
Author: Loschen, Christoph
Carrasco Rodríguez, Javier
Neyman, Konstantin M.
Illas i Riera, Francesc
Keywords: Materials
Estructura electrònica
Electronic structure
Materials
Issue Date: 2007
Publisher: The American Physical Society
Abstract: The electronic structure and properties of cerium oxides (CeO2 and Ce2O3) have been studied in the framework of the LDA+U and GGA(PW91)+U implementations of density functional theory. The dependence of selected observables of these materials on the effective U parameter has been investigated in detail. The examined properties include lattice constants, bulk moduli, density of states, and formation energies of CeO2 and Ce2O3. For CeO2, the LDA+U results are in better agreement with experiment than the GGA+U results whereas for the computationally more demanding Ce2O3 both approaches give comparable accuracy. Furthermore, as expected, Ce2O3 is much more sensitive to the choice of the U value. Generally, the PW91 functional provides an optimal agreement with experiment at lower U energies than LDA does. In order to achieve a balanced description of both kinds of materials, and also of nonstoichiometric CeO2¿x phases, an appropriate choice of U is suggested for LDA+U and GGA+U schemes. Nevertheless, an optimum value appears to be property dependent, especially for Ce2O3. Optimum U values are found to be, in general, larger than values determined previously in a self-consistent way.
Note: Reproducció digital del document publicat en format paper, proporcionada per PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.035115
It is part of: Physical Review B, 2007, vol. 75, núm. 3, p. 035115-1-035115-8
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/10831
Related resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.035115
ISSN: 0163-1829
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