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Electronic structure of Co doped ZnO from the \textit{GW} perspective
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. B 87, 245118 (2013)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- In transition metal doped ZnO, the energy position of dopant 3$d$ states relative to host conduction and valence bands is crucial in determining the possibilty of long range ferromagnetism. Density functional theory based estimates of the energy position of Co-3$d$ states in Co doped ZnO differ substantially depending upon the choice of exchange-correlation functional. In this work we investigate many-body $GW$ corrections on top of DFT$+U$ and hybrid-DFT groundstates to provide a theoretical benchmark for the quasiparticle energies in wurtzite ZnO:Co. Both single shot $G_0W_0$ as well as partially self-consistent $GW_0$ wherein the wavefunctions are held fixed at the DFT level but the eigenvalues in G are iterated, are considered. The predicted energy position of the minority spin Co-$t_2$ states is 3.0-3.6 eV above the ZnO conduction band minimum which is closer to hybrid-DFT based estimates.<br />Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Materials Science
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. B 87, 245118 (2013)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1305.5889
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.245118