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Title
Electronic structure of transparent oxides with the Tran-Blaha modified Becke-Johnson potential
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Abstract
We present electronic band structures of transparent oxides calculated using the Tran-Blaha modified Becke-Johnson (TB-mBJ) potential. We studied the basic n-type conducting binary oxides In2O3, ZnO, CdO and SnO2 along with the p-type conducting ternary oxides delafossite CuXO2 (X = Al, Ga, In) and spinel ZnX2O4 (X = Co, Rh, Ir). The results are presented for calculated band gaps and effective electron masses. We discuss the improvements in the band gap determination using TB-mBJ compared to the standard generalized gradient approximation (GGA) in density functional theory (DFT) and also compare the electronic band structure with available results from the quasiparticle GW method. It is shown that the calculated band gaps compare well with the experimental and GW results, although the electron effective mass is generally overestimated.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of physics : condensed matter. - London
Publication
London : 2012
ISSN
0953-8984
DOI
10.1088/0953-8984/24/20/205503
Volume/pages
24 :20 (2012) , p. 205503,1-205503,9
Article Reference
205503
ISI
000303507100009
Medium
E-only publicatie
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Creation 05.06.2012
Last edited 22.01.2024
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