التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Comparative study of first-principles approaches for effective Coulomb interaction strength Ueff between localized f-electrons: Lanthanide metals as an example. |
| المؤلفون: |
Liu, Bei-Lei, Wang, Yue-Chao, Liu, Yu, Xu, Yuan-Ji, Chen, Xin, Song, Hong-Zhou, Bi, Yan, Liu, Hai-Feng, Song, Hai-Feng |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Chemical Physics; 2/28/2023, Vol. 158 Issue 8, p1-10, 10p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
RARE earth metals, METALS, COMPARATIVE studies |
| مستخلص: |
As correlation strength has a key influence on the simulation of strongly correlated materials, many approaches have been proposed to obtain the parameter using first-principles calculations. However, a comparison of the different Coulomb strengths obtained using these approaches and an investigation of the mechanisms behind them are still needed. Taking lanthanide metals as an example, we research the factors that affect the effective Coulomb interaction strength, Ueff, by local screened Coulomb correction (LSCC), linear response (LR), and constrained random-phase approximation (cRPA) in the Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package. The U eff LSCC value increases from 4.75 to 7.78 eV, U eff LR is almost stable at about 6.0 eV (except for Eu, Er, and Yb), and U eff cRPA shows a two-stage decreasing trend in both light and heavy lanthanides. To investigate these differences, we establish a scheme to analyze the coexistence and competition between the orbital localization and the screening effect. We find that LSCC and cRPA are dominated by the orbital localization and the screening effect, respectively, whereas LR shows the balance of the competition between the two factors. Additionally, the performance of these approaches is influenced by different starting points from the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) and PBE + U, especially for cRPA. Our results provide useful knowledge for understanding the Ueff of lanthanide materials, and similar analyses can also be used in the research of other correlation strength simulation approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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