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Main Authors: Pan, Fang, Yang, Lin, Jiang, Zhuangde, Ren, Wei, Ye, Zuo-Guang, Li, Jingrui
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18013
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author Pan, Fang
Yang, Lin
Jiang, Zhuangde
Ren, Wei
Ye, Zuo-Guang
Li, Jingrui
author_facet Pan, Fang
Yang, Lin
Jiang, Zhuangde
Ren, Wei
Ye, Zuo-Guang
Li, Jingrui
contents The primary challenge of density-functional-theory exploration of alloy systems concerns the size of computational model. Small alloy models can hardly exhibit the chemical disorder properly, while large models induce difficulty in sampling the alignments within the massive material space. We study this problem with the γ phase of the mixed halide inorganic perovskite alloy CsPbBr$_2$Cl. The distribution of alloy formation energy becomes narrower when the size of the model system increases along $\sqrt{2}\times\sqrt{2}\times2$, $2\times2\times2$, and $2\sqrt{2}\times2\sqrt{2}\times2$ models. This is primarily because the distribution of Br distribution parameters, which plays a leading role in determining the formation energy range, is more narrow for larger models. As a result, larger entropy stability effect can be observed with larger models especially at high temperatures, for which the approximation using mixing entropy based on the ideal solution model becomes better.
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spellingShingle Effects of model size in density-functional-theory study of alloys: A case study of CsPbBr$_2$Cl
Pan, Fang
Yang, Lin
Jiang, Zhuangde
Ren, Wei
Ye, Zuo-Guang
Li, Jingrui
Materials Science
The primary challenge of density-functional-theory exploration of alloy systems concerns the size of computational model. Small alloy models can hardly exhibit the chemical disorder properly, while large models induce difficulty in sampling the alignments within the massive material space. We study this problem with the γ phase of the mixed halide inorganic perovskite alloy CsPbBr$_2$Cl. The distribution of alloy formation energy becomes narrower when the size of the model system increases along $\sqrt{2}\times\sqrt{2}\times2$, $2\times2\times2$, and $2\sqrt{2}\times2\sqrt{2}\times2$ models. This is primarily because the distribution of Br distribution parameters, which plays a leading role in determining the formation energy range, is more narrow for larger models. As a result, larger entropy stability effect can be observed with larger models especially at high temperatures, for which the approximation using mixing entropy based on the ideal solution model becomes better.
title Effects of model size in density-functional-theory study of alloys: A case study of CsPbBr$_2$Cl
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18013