The calculations of electronic transport coefficients and optical properties require a very dense interpolation of the electronic band structure in reciprocal space that is computationally expensive and may have issues with band crossing and degeneracies. Capitalizing on a recently developed pseudoatomic orbital projection technique, we exploit the exact tight-binding representation of the first-principles electronic structure for the purposes of (i) providing an efficient strategy to explore the full band structure E-n (k), (ii) computing the momentum operator differentiating directly the Hamiltonian, and (iii) calculating the imaginary part of the dielectric function. This enables us to determine the Boltzmann transport coefficients and the optical properties within the independent particle approximation. In addition, the local nature of the tight-binding representation facilitates the calculation of the ballistic transport within the Landauer theory for systems with hundreds of atoms. In order to validate our approach we study the multivalley band structure of CoSb3 and a large core-shell nanowire using the ACBN0 functional. In CoSb3 we point the many band minima contributing to the electronic transport that enhance the thermoelectric properties; for the core-shell nanowire we identify possible mechanisms for photo-current generation and justify the presence of protected transport channels in the wire.

Accurate ab initio tight-binding Hamiltonians: Effective tools for electronic transport and optical spectroscopy from first principles / D'Amico, Pino; Agapito, Luis; Catellani, Alessandra; Ruini, Alice; Curtarolo, Stefano; Fornari, Marco; Nardelli, Marco Buongiorno; Calzolari, Arrigo. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B. - ISSN 2469-9950. - 94:16(2016), pp. 165166-165166. [10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165166]

Accurate ab initio tight-binding Hamiltonians: Effective tools for electronic transport and optical spectroscopy from first principles

RUINI, Alice;
2016

Abstract

The calculations of electronic transport coefficients and optical properties require a very dense interpolation of the electronic band structure in reciprocal space that is computationally expensive and may have issues with band crossing and degeneracies. Capitalizing on a recently developed pseudoatomic orbital projection technique, we exploit the exact tight-binding representation of the first-principles electronic structure for the purposes of (i) providing an efficient strategy to explore the full band structure E-n (k), (ii) computing the momentum operator differentiating directly the Hamiltonian, and (iii) calculating the imaginary part of the dielectric function. This enables us to determine the Boltzmann transport coefficients and the optical properties within the independent particle approximation. In addition, the local nature of the tight-binding representation facilitates the calculation of the ballistic transport within the Landauer theory for systems with hundreds of atoms. In order to validate our approach we study the multivalley band structure of CoSb3 and a large core-shell nanowire using the ACBN0 functional. In CoSb3 we point the many band minima contributing to the electronic transport that enhance the thermoelectric properties; for the core-shell nanowire we identify possible mechanisms for photo-current generation and justify the presence of protected transport channels in the wire.
2016
94
16
165166
165166
Accurate ab initio tight-binding Hamiltonians: Effective tools for electronic transport and optical spectroscopy from first principles / D'Amico, Pino; Agapito, Luis; Catellani, Alessandra; Ruini, Alice; Curtarolo, Stefano; Fornari, Marco; Nardelli, Marco Buongiorno; Calzolari, Arrigo. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW. B. - ISSN 2469-9950. - 94:16(2016), pp. 165166-165166. [10.1103/PhysRevB.94.165166]
D'Amico, Pino; Agapito, Luis; Catellani, Alessandra; Ruini, Alice; Curtarolo, Stefano; Fornari, Marco; Nardelli, Marco Buongiorno; Calzolari, Arrigo...espandi
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