Electronic energy level alignment at metal-molecule interfaces with a GW approach

Details Electronic energy level alignment at metal-molecule interfaces with a GW approach Electronic energy level alignment at metal-molecule interfaces with a GW approach

2011-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/1111.2569v1

Phys. Rev. B 84, 201402(R) (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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10.1103/PhysRevB.84.201402

Using density functional theory and many-body perturbation theory within a GW approximation, we calculate the electronic structure of a metal-molecule interface consisting of benzene diamine (BDA) adsorbed on Au(111). Through direct comparison with photoemission data, we show that a conventional G$_0$W$_0$ approach can underestimate the energy of the adsorbed molecular resonance relative to the Au Fermi level by up to 0.8 eV. The source of this discrepancy is twofold: a 0.7 eV underestimate of the gas phase ionization energy (IE), and a 0.2 eV overestimate of the Au work function. Refinements to self-energy calculations within the GW framework that account for deviations in both the Au work function and BDA gas-phase IE can result in an interfacial electronic level alignment in quantitative agreement with experiment.

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