报告题目 (Title)：CAM-B3LYP delivers substantial improvements to DFT and G0W0 predictions of bandgap and spectroscopic properties of 2D and 3D materials（CAM-B3LYP改进DFT和G0W0预测二维和三维材料带隙及光谱特性）
报告人 (Speaker)：Jeffrey Reimers 教授（8188威尼斯娱人城量子与分子结构国际中心主任、澳大利亚科学院院士）
报告时间 (Time)：2023年12月18日(周一) 9:00
报告地点 (Place)：校本部 E106
邀请人 (Inviter)：任伟 教授
主办部门：理学院物理系
摘要 (Abstract)：
Density-functional theory (DFT) has been the centerpiece for calculations of properties of molecules, 2D, and 3D materials, with the much more computationally expensive, but more accurate, ab initio G0W0 approach becoming popular. However, G0W0 must be started from DFT orbitals, and so the problem of optimizing both approaches is coupled. Many types and variations of density functional have historically been used in both applications. We focus on range-corrected hybrid functionals as only this class can adequately describe charge separation within molecules and materials. In particular, we consider the CAM-B3LYP functional, known for its optimal performance in spectroscopic DFT and G0W0 calculations of molecules, as it has just become available for applications to 2D and 3D materials in VASP and other software.
Results show 2-5-fold improvement in mean-average (MAD) and worst-case deviations from experiment for bandgap and transition-energy calculations of iconic 3D materials compared to traditional functionals such as PBE, SCAN, HSE06, and PBE0. For example, MAD errors are reported at 0.33 eV (CAM-B3LYP), 0.60 eV (PBE0), 0.86 eV (HSE06), 1.30 eV (SCAN) and 2.01 eV (PBE), with worst-case errors typically being 3 times larger (e.g., 1.1 eV for CAM-B3LYP). For the calculation of exciton-binding energies, CAM-B3LYP always delivers results useful in experimental data assignment, whereas the other methods always underestimate them by factors of 5 or more.
For 343 2D materials, use of CAM-B3LYP is shown to deliver results with MAD and maximum deviations from G0W0 of 0.23 eV and 0.53 eV, respectively, with PBE, HSE06, and PBE0 delivering analogous deviations that are 4-6 times larger. Also, band-gap corrections introduced by G0W0 calculations are 3-10 times larger for PBE, HSE06, and PBE0, and as well quasiparticle weights Z are significantly smaller. These results indicate a much closer similarity between CAM-B3LYP DFT results and G0W0 ones.
Even though PBE0 properties differ significantly from those of CAM-B3LYP and G0W0, the G0W0 results obtained starting from them are in good agreement with those from CAM-B3LYP. However, G0W0 results starting from PBE or HSE06 wavefunctions are poor, showing MAD and maximum deviations of 0.39 eV and 1.11 eV for HSE06 and 1.11 and 3.15 eV for PBE, respectively. These results indicate that PBE is unacceptable as a starting functional for G0W0 calculations, as has been a common practice.
