Electronic and structural properties of GaN by the full-potential LMTO method : the role of the $d$ electrons

Physics – Condensed Matter

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10.1103/PhysRevB.47.13353

The structural and electronic properties of cubic GaN are studied within the local density approximation by the full-potential linear muffin-tin orbitals method. The Ga $3d$ electrons are treated as band states, and no shape approximation is made to the potential and charge density. The influence of $d$ electrons on the band structure, charge density, and bonding properties is analyzed. It is found that due to the energy resonance of the Ga 3$d$ states with nitrogen 2$s$ states, the cation $d$ bands are not inert, and features unusual for a III-V compound are found in the lower part of the valence band and in the valence charge density and density of states. To clarify the influence of the Ga $d$ states on the cohesive properties, additional full and frozen--overlapped-core calculations were performed for GaN, cubic ZnS, GaAs, and Si. The results show, in addition to the known importance of non-linear core-valence exchange-correlation corrections, that an explicit description of closed-shell repulsion effects is necessary to obtain accurate results for GaN and similar systems. In summary, GaN appears to be somewhat exceptional among the III-V compounds and reminiscent of II-VI materials, in that its band structure and cohesive properties are sensitive to a proper treatment of the cation $d$ bands, as a result of the presence of the latter in the valence band range.

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