First-Principles Study of Two-Dimensional Ferroelectrics Using Self-Consistent Hubbard Parameters

Abstract

The discovery of two-dimensional (2D) materials possessing switchable spontaneous polarization with atomic thickness opens up exciting opportunities to realize ultrathin, high-density electronic devices with potential applications ranging from memories and sensors to photocatalysis and solar cells. First-principles methods based on density functional theory (DFT) have facilitated the discovery and design of 2D ferroelectrics (FEs). However, DFT calculations employing local and semilocal exchange-correlation functionals failed to predict accurately the band gaps for this family of low-dimensional materials. Here, we present a DFT+$U$+$V$ study on 2D FEs represented by single-layer $\alpha$-In${}_2$Se${}_3$ and its homologous III${}_2$-VI${}_3$ compounds with both out-of-plane and in-plane polarization, using Hubbard parameters computed from first-principles. We find that ACBN0, a pseudo-hybrid density functional that allows self-consistent determination of $U$ parameters, improves the prediction of band gaps for all investigated 2D FEs with a computational cost much lower than the hybrid density functional. The inter-site Coulomb interaction $V$ becomes critical for accurate descriptions of the electronic structures of van der Waals heterostructures such as bilayer In${}_2$Se${}_3$ and In${}_2$Se${}_3$/InTe. Pertinent to the study of FE-based catalysis, we find that the application of self-consistent $U$ corrections can strongly affect the adsorption energies of open-shell molecules on the polar surfaces of 2D FEs.

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