[Wien] Fwd: Fwd: Band Edge position

Sun Dec 22 09:58:31 CET 2019

Thank you very much Prof. Gavin Abo & Prof. Peter Blaha.
I'll check those references.
Regards
Subhasis

On Sat, 21 Dec 2019, 13:55 Gavin Abo, <gsabo at crimson.ua.edu> wrote:

> You might have a look at Eqn (6) in [1].  It looks like that is used as
> the E_CB equation in [2].  Look in [3] how pHzpc - pH = 0 in Eqn (1)
> simplifies to Eqn (2).
>
> There are three methods to determine band edge positions.  Second method
> of first principle has large discrepancies between calculated and measured
> values.  Third method of simple approach of Butler and Ginley used in [1,2]
> gives reasonable results [4], which validity was demonstrated on 11 oxides
> [5,6].  The method popularized by the paper of Xu and Schoonen [7]. The
> absolute electronegativity changes with the atoms and its elements [8,9].
>
>
> [1] https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2000-0416
> [2] http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cp/c4/c4cp03494e/c4cp03494e1.pdf
> [3] http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/c7/cy/c7cy00393e/c7cy00393e1.pdf
> [4] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2014.06.002
> [5]
> https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/CP/c3cp54589j#!divAbstract
> [6] https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5041784
> [7] http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/c2/c2cc31398g/c2cc31398g.pdf
> [8] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2018.01.064
> [9]
> https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_can_I_calculate_absolute_electronegativity_of_CuAl2O4
>
> On 12/20/2019 9:58 AM, Subhasis Panda wrote:
>
>
>
> ---
>
> Dear Experts,
>
> I wanted to calculate the absolute band edge energies for RbPbI_3 compound
> only (not any interface like RbPbI3 and TiO2 interface) in the orthorhombic
> phase. As already suggested, it's a computationally costly work and we
> don't have enough computational facility also in our institute. I was
> searching in the internet and got the following information. Looking
> forward to your expert opinion.
>
>
> In the following reference, using Eqn 1(a) & (b) can we estimate that? It
> requires absolute electronegativity of the semiconductor and the band gap.
> https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2000-0416
>
> whereas in the following reference, the expressions are a little different.
> http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cp/c4/c4cp03494e/c4cp03494e1.pdf
>
> Are these two expressions referring to the same thing?  If not which one
> shall we use. I've one more query, does  absolute electronegativity of a
> material (semiconductor) changes with its crystal structure type (like bcc,
> fcc)?
>
> Looking forward to your reply.
> Thank you and best regards
> Subhasis
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 12:57 AM Peter Blaha <pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at>
> wrote:
>
>> This is not such a simple task. You will have to create a supercell
>> simulating the interface between the two materials.
>>
>> The answer can change depending how you form the interface. Furthermore
>> this can be a complicated task, as the periodicity must fit and one has
>> to test/define various surfaces/interfaces (except if 2 materials happen
>> to grow nicely epitaxically).
>>
>> A simpler but much less accurate approach is to do 2 independent surface
>> slab calculations with sufficient vacuum. From the difference of EF and
>> the coulomb potential in the middle of the vacuum (:VZERO) you get an
>> absolute band edge (actually this is the work function in a solid).
>> However, this method neglects band bending, charge transfer or dipole
>> formations at the interface, which could completely spoil the answer.
>>
>> Am 05.12.2019 um 11:27 schrieb Subhasis Panda:
>> >
>> >
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>> > From: *Subhasis Panda* <onnyorup.iit at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:onnyorup.iit at gmail.com>>
>> > Date: Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 2:31 PM
>> > Subject: Band Edge position
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>> >
>> >
>> > Dear experts,
>> > How can I estimate the absolute band edge position (CB/VB) of a
>> > semiconductor using Wien2k?
>> > The attached figure is what I'm trying to get.
>> > Looking forward to your kind help.
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Subhasis Panda
>> > Assistant Professor
>> > Department of Physics
>> > National Institute of Technology Silchar
>> > Assam, India  - 788010.
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