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Defects in WS2 monolayer calculated with a nonlocal functional: any difference from GGA?

Kieczka, Daria; Durrant, Thomas Robert; Milton, Katherine; Goh, Kuan Eng Johnson; Bosman, Michel; Shluger, Alexander L; (2023) Defects in WS2 monolayer calculated with a nonlocal functional: any difference from GGA? Electronic Structure , 5 , Article 024001. 10.1088/2516-1075/acc55d. Green open access

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Abstract

Density Functional Theory (DFT) with Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA) functionals is commonly used to predict defect properties in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Since GGA functionals often underestimate bandgaps of semiconductors and incorrectly describe the character of electron localization in defects and their level positions within the band-gap, it is important to assess the accuracy of these predictions. To this end, we used the non-local density functional PBE0-TC-LRC to calculate the properties of a wide range of intrinsic defects in monolayer WS2. The properties, such as geometry, in-gap states, charge transition levels, electronic structure and the electron/hole localization of the lowest formation energy defects are discussed in detail. They are broadly similar to those predicted by the GGA PBE functional but exhibit numerous quantitative differences caused by the degree of electron and hole localization in charged states. For some anti-site defects, more significant differences are seen, with both changes in defect geometries (differences of up to 0.5 Å) as well as defect level positions within the band gap of WS2. This work provides an insight into the performance of functionals chosen for future DFT calculations of transition metal dichalcogenides with respect to the desired defect properties.

Type: Article
Title: Defects in WS2 monolayer calculated with a nonlocal functional: any difference from GGA?
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1088/2516-1075/acc55d
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1075/acc55d
Language: English
Additional information: Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
Keywords: 2D semi-conductor, tungsten disulfide, defects, density functional theory (DFT), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), exchange–correlation functionals
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10167991
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