The modified Becke-Johnson potential analyzed



Título del documento: The modified Becke-Johnson potential analyzed
Revista: Superficies y vacío
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000378117
ISSN: 1665-3521
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, México, Distrito Federal. México
Año:
Periodo: Jun
Volumen: 26
Número: 2
Paginación: 54-57
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés Recently in the Wien2k code, the modified Becke-Johnson potential (mBJLDA) was implemented. As the authors [Phys.Rev.Lett. 102, 226401 (2009)] point, this potential reproduces the band gap of semiconductors with improved accuracy. In this paper we present our analysis of this potential in two directions. First, we checked whether this potential reproduces the band structure for metals, an analysis that lacked in the literature. We calculated the band gap of a group of semiconductors. We observed that the Linear Density Approximation (LDA) give rise to a shorter lattice constant as compared to experiment. The Generalized Gradient Approximation behaves oppositely. Using the average, aAvg, in the mBJLDA potential, we obtained a closer to experiment value for the gap. We conclude that the new mBJLDA potential represent an important improvement as compared to the results from the previous version of the Wien2k code. Also the mBJLDA potential can be a very useful tool for the theoretical study of complex systems containing semiconductor compounds such as surfaces, superlattices and interfaces
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Física de materia condensada,
Semiconductores,
Potencial de Becke-Johnson,
Banda prohibida
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Condensed matter physics,
Semiconductors,
Becke-Johnson potential,
Band gap
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