Screened hybrid and self-consistent GW calculations of cadmium/magnesium indium sulfide materials

Melissa J. Lucero, Irene Aguilera, Cristian V. Diaconu, Pablo Palacios, Perla Wahnón, and Gustavo E. Scuseria
Phys. Rev. B 83, 205128 – Published 25 May 2011
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Abstract

The cadmium and magnesium indium sulfides are medium-gap semiconductors demonstrating a propensity to form intermediate band materials when doped with transition metals. The inherent structural diversity exhibited by M+2In2S4 thiospinels and related AB2X4 compounds often precludes definitive experimental determination of the band-gap width and type of transition. Employing a series of traditional semilocal functionals (e.g., the local spin density approximation; the Perdew, Burke, and Enzerhof functional; and the Tao, Perdew, Staroverov, and Scuseria functional) the screened hybrid of Heyd, Scuseria, and Ernzerhof (HSE), band gaps, projected densities of states, and band structures are calculated for the normal, full inverse, and intermediate configurations of [Cd/Mg]8In16S32. Band structures and band gaps are also obtained via self-consistent many-body methods, using the static Coulomb-hole and screened exchange approximation to GW as a starting point for perturbative G0W0 calculations. Comparison to experiment indicates that HSE provides an accurate, computationally efficient, and relatively rapid means for predicting band-gap properties in spinel-type photovoltaic materials.

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  • Received 14 February 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.205128

©2011 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Melissa J. Lucero1, Irene Aguilera2, Cristian V. Diaconu1, Pablo Palacios2,3, Perla Wahnón2, and Gustavo E. Scuseria1,4

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, USA
  • 2Instituto de Energía Solar and Departmento Tecnologías Especiales, ETSI Telecomunicatión, UPM, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid E-28040, Spain
  • 3Física y Química Aplicadas a la Técnica Aeronáutica, E. de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, UPM, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid E-28040, Spain
  • 4Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1827, USA

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Vol. 83, Iss. 20 — 15 May 2011

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