Theoretical study of CeO2 and Ce2O3 using a screened hybrid density functional
- 21 July 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 125 (3), 034712
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2206184
Abstract
The predicted structures and electronic properties of Ce O 2 and Ce 2 O 3 have been studied using conventional and hybrid density functional theory. The lattice constant and bulk modulus for Ce O 2 from local (LSDA) functionals are in good agreement with experiment, while the lattice parameter from a generalized gradient approximation (GGA) is too long. This situation is reversed for Ce 2 O 3 , where the LSDA lattice constant is much too short, while the GGA result is in reasonable agreement with experiment. Significantly, the screened hybrid HSE functional gives excellent agreement with experimental lattice constants for both Ce O 2 and Ce 2 O 3 . All methods give insulating ground states for Ce O 2 with gaps for the 4 f band lying between 1.7 eV (LSDA) and 3.3 eV (HSE) and 6 – 8 eV for the conduction band. For Ce 2 O 3 the local and GGA functionals predict a semimetallic ground state with small ( 0 – 0.3 eV ) band gap but weak ferromagnetic coupling between the Ce + 3 centers. By contrast, the HSE functional gives an insulating ground state with a band gap of 3.2 eV and antiferromagnetic coupling. Overall, the hybrid HSE functional gives a consistent picture of both the structural and electronic properties of Ce O 2 and Ce 2 O 3 while treating the 4 f band consistently in both oxides.Keywords
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