Managing the supercell approximation for charged defects in semiconductors: finite size scaling, charge correction factors, the bandgap problem and the ab initio dielectric constant

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2005-12-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512311v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

11 pages, 3 figures (6 figure files). Accepted for Phys Rev B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.73.035215

The errors arising in ab initio density functional theory studies of semiconductor point defects using the supercell approximation are analyzed. It is demonstrated that a) the leading finite size errors are inverse linear and inverse cubic in the supercell size, and b) finite size scaling over a series of supercells gives reliable isolated charged defect formation energies to around +-0.05 eV. The scaled results are used to test three correction methods. The Makov-Payne method is insufficient, but combined with the scaling parameters yields an ab initio dielectric constant of 11.6+-4.1 for InP. Gamma point corrections for defect level dispersion are completely incorrect, even for shallow levels, but re-aligning the total potential in real-space between defect and bulk cells actually corrects the electrostatic defect-defect interaction errors as well. Isolated defect energies to +-0.1 eV are then obtained using a 64 atom supercell, though this does not improve for larger cells. Finally, finite size scaling of known dopant levels shows how to treat the band gap problem: in less than about 200 atom supercells with no corrections, continuing to consider levels into the theoretical conduction band (extended gap) comes closest to experiment. However, for larger cells or when supercell approximation errors are removed, a scissors scheme stretching the theoretical band gap onto the experimental one is in fact correct.

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