Dependence of band gaps in d-electron perovskite oxides on magnetism
arXiv:2107.07794 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.105.165111
Abstract
Understanding the controlling principles of band gaps trends in d electron perovskites is needed both for gauging metal-insulator transitions, as well as their application in catalysis and doping. The magnitude of this band gap is rather different for different magnetic spin configurations. We find via electronic structure theory that the factors that connect gapping magnitudes to magnetism depend on the nature of the band edge orbital character (BEOC) and surprisingly scale with the number of antiferromagnetic contacts z between neighboring transition metal ions. The dependence is weak when the BEOC are (d,d)-like ("Mott insulators"), whereas this dependence is rather strong in (p,d)-like ("charge transfer" insulators). These unexpected rules are traced to the reduced orbital interactions through the increase in the number of antiferromagnetic contacts between transition metal ions. The impact of magnetic order is not limited to the band gap magnitude and includes also the magnitude of lattice distortions connected to the electronic structure. These results highlight the importance of establishing in electronic structure theory of gap-related phenomena (doping, transport, metal-insulator transitions, conductive interfaces) the appropriate magnetic order.
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