Implementation and application of a DFT$+U$$+V$ approach within the all-electron FLAPW method

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Hauptverfasser: Beida, Wejdan, Bihlmayer, Gustav, Friedrich, Christoph, Michalicek, Gregor, Wortmann, Daniel, Blügel, Stefan
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author Beida, Wejdan
Bihlmayer, Gustav
Friedrich, Christoph
Michalicek, Gregor
Wortmann, Daniel
Blügel, Stefan
author_facet Beida, Wejdan
Bihlmayer, Gustav
Friedrich, Christoph
Michalicek, Gregor
Wortmann, Daniel
Blügel, Stefan
contents We present an implementation of the density-functional theory DFT$+U$$+V$ formalism within the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented-plane-wave (FLAPW) method as implemented in the FLEUR code. The DFT$+U$$+V$ formalism extends DFT, supplemented by the onsite Coulomb interaction $U$, to address local correlation effects in localized states by incorporating intersite Coulomb interaction terms $V$. It holds promise for improving charge and bond disproportionation, charge and orbital ordering, charge density wave formation, charge transfer, and the intersite correlation resulting from hybridization between states of neighboring sites in a solid. $U$ and $V$ parameters are obtained from first principles using the constrained random-phase approximation (cRPA) employing two different atom basis representations to project the screened Coulomb interaction: the Wannier and the muffin-tin basis functions. We investigate in detail the impact of the $V$ term for typical covalently bonded materials like graphene, for bulk semiconductors such as silicon and germanium, and for charge-transfer insulators like NiO. Our results demonstrate an improvement in accuracy of specific properties across these systems, providing a framework for describing materials with different interaction regimes. We compare our DFT$+U$$+V$ results using our cRPA parameter sets with (i) previous DFT$+U$$+V$ calculation employing pseudopotential approximations, (ii) with experimental results and (iii) with our $GW$ results.
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spellingShingle Implementation and application of a DFT$+U$$+V$ approach within the all-electron FLAPW method
Beida, Wejdan
Bihlmayer, Gustav
Friedrich, Christoph
Michalicek, Gregor
Wortmann, Daniel
Blügel, Stefan
Materials Science
We present an implementation of the density-functional theory DFT$+U$$+V$ formalism within the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented-plane-wave (FLAPW) method as implemented in the FLEUR code. The DFT$+U$$+V$ formalism extends DFT, supplemented by the onsite Coulomb interaction $U$, to address local correlation effects in localized states by incorporating intersite Coulomb interaction terms $V$. It holds promise for improving charge and bond disproportionation, charge and orbital ordering, charge density wave formation, charge transfer, and the intersite correlation resulting from hybridization between states of neighboring sites in a solid. $U$ and $V$ parameters are obtained from first principles using the constrained random-phase approximation (cRPA) employing two different atom basis representations to project the screened Coulomb interaction: the Wannier and the muffin-tin basis functions. We investigate in detail the impact of the $V$ term for typical covalently bonded materials like graphene, for bulk semiconductors such as silicon and germanium, and for charge-transfer insulators like NiO. Our results demonstrate an improvement in accuracy of specific properties across these systems, providing a framework for describing materials with different interaction regimes. We compare our DFT$+U$$+V$ results using our cRPA parameter sets with (i) previous DFT$+U$$+V$ calculation employing pseudopotential approximations, (ii) with experimental results and (iii) with our $GW$ results.
title Implementation and application of a DFT$+U$$+V$ approach within the all-electron FLAPW method
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08002