Efficiently charting the space of mixed vacancy-ordered perovskites by machine-learning encoded atomic-site information

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Hauptverfasser: Zhang, Fan, Fu, Li, Gao, Weiwei, Zhang, Peihong, Zhao, Jijun
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author Zhang, Fan
Fu, Li
Gao, Weiwei
Zhang, Peihong
Zhao, Jijun
author_facet Zhang, Fan
Fu, Li
Gao, Weiwei
Zhang, Peihong
Zhao, Jijun
contents Vacancy-ordered double perovskites (VODPs) are promising alternatives to three-dimensional lead halide perovskites for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications. Mixing these materials creates a vast compositional space, allowing for highly tunable electronic and optical properties. However, the extensive chemical landscape poses significant challenges in efficiently screening candidates with target properties. In this study, we illustrate the diversity of electronic and optical characteristics as well as the nonlinear mixing effects on electronic structures within mixed VODPs. For mixed systems with limited local environment options, the information regarding atomic-site occupation in-principle determines both structural configurations and all essential properties. Building upon this concept, we have developed a model that integrates a data-augmentation scheme with a transformer-inspired graph neural network (GNN), which encodes atomic-site information from mixed systems. This approach enables us to accurately predict band gaps and formation energies for test samples, achieving Root Mean Square Errors (RMSE) of 21 meV and 3.9 meV/atom, respectively. Trained with datasets that include (up to) ternary mixed systems and supercells with less than 72 atoms, our model can be generalized to medium- and high-entropy mixed VODPs (with 4 to 6 principal mixing elements) and large supercells containing more than 200 atoms. Furthermore, our model successfully reproduces experimentally observed bandgap bowing in Sn-based mixed VODPs and reveals an unconventional mixing effect that can result in smaller band gaps compared to those found in pristine systems.
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spellingShingle Efficiently charting the space of mixed vacancy-ordered perovskites by machine-learning encoded atomic-site information
Zhang, Fan
Fu, Li
Gao, Weiwei
Zhang, Peihong
Zhao, Jijun
Materials Science
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Computational Physics
Vacancy-ordered double perovskites (VODPs) are promising alternatives to three-dimensional lead halide perovskites for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications. Mixing these materials creates a vast compositional space, allowing for highly tunable electronic and optical properties. However, the extensive chemical landscape poses significant challenges in efficiently screening candidates with target properties. In this study, we illustrate the diversity of electronic and optical characteristics as well as the nonlinear mixing effects on electronic structures within mixed VODPs. For mixed systems with limited local environment options, the information regarding atomic-site occupation in-principle determines both structural configurations and all essential properties. Building upon this concept, we have developed a model that integrates a data-augmentation scheme with a transformer-inspired graph neural network (GNN), which encodes atomic-site information from mixed systems. This approach enables us to accurately predict band gaps and formation energies for test samples, achieving Root Mean Square Errors (RMSE) of 21 meV and 3.9 meV/atom, respectively. Trained with datasets that include (up to) ternary mixed systems and supercells with less than 72 atoms, our model can be generalized to medium- and high-entropy mixed VODPs (with 4 to 6 principal mixing elements) and large supercells containing more than 200 atoms. Furthermore, our model successfully reproduces experimentally observed bandgap bowing in Sn-based mixed VODPs and reveals an unconventional mixing effect that can result in smaller band gaps compared to those found in pristine systems.
title Efficiently charting the space of mixed vacancy-ordered perovskites by machine-learning encoded atomic-site information
topic Materials Science
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14384