Comparing first-principles density functionals plus corrections for the lattice dynamics of YBaCuO
arXiv:2310.12259 · doi:10.1063/5.0181349
Abstract
The enigmatic mechanism underlying unconventional high-temperature superconductivity, especially the role of lattice dynamics, has remained a subject of debate. Theoretical insights have long been hindered due to the lack of an accurate first-principles description of the lattice dynamics of cuprates. Recently, using the r2SCAN meta-GGA functional, we were able to achieve accurate phonon spectra of an insulating cuprate YBaCuO, and discover significant magnetoelastic coupling in experimentally interesting Cu-O bond stretching optical modes [Ning et al., Phys. Rev. B 107, 045126 (2023)]. We extend this work by comparing PBE and r2SCAN performances with corrections from the on-site Hubbard U and the D4 van der Waals (vdW) methods, aiming at further understanding on both the materials science side and the density functional side. We demonstrate the importance of vdW and self-interaction corrections for accurate first-principles YBa2 Cu3 O6 lattice dynamics. Since r2SCAN by itself partially accounts for these effects, the good performance of r2SCAN is now more fully explained. In addition, the performances of the Tao-Mo series of meta-GGAs, which are constructed in a different way from SCAN/r2SCAN, are also compared and discussed.
arXiv commentarXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2210.06569
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