Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-08-27
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
4 pages 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.146401
The band-gap problem and other systematic failures of approximate functionals are explained from an analysis of total energy for fractional charges. The deviation from the correct intrinsic linear behavior in finite systems leads to delocalization and localization errors in large or bulk systems. Functionals whose energy is convex for fractional charges such as LDA display an incorrect apparent linearity in the bulk limit, due to the delocalization error. Concave functionals also have an incorrect apparent linearity in the bulk calculation, due to the localization error and imposed symmetry. This resolves an important paradox and opens the possibility to obtain accurate band-gaps from DFT.
Cohen Aron J.
Mori-Sánchez Paula
Yang Weitao
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