Origin of the success of mGGAs for bandgaps
One of the well-known limitations of Kohn–Sham density functional theory is the tendency to strongly underestimate bandgaps. Meta-generalized gradient approximations (mGGAs), which include the kinetic energy density in the functional form, have been shown to significantly alleviate this deficiency....
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description | One of the well-known limitations of Kohn–Sham density functional theory is the tendency to strongly underestimate bandgaps. Meta-generalized gradient approximations (mGGAs), which include the kinetic energy density in the functional form, have been shown to significantly alleviate this deficiency. In this study, we explore the mechanisms responsible for this improvement from the angle of the underlying local densities. We find that the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied states are distinct in the space of the underlying descriptors. The gap opening is compared to a simple scaling of the local density approximation, and two mechanisms responsible for opening the mGGA gaps are identified. First of all, the relatively large negative derivative of the functional form with respect to reduced kinetic energy tends to elevate the lowest unoccupied state. Second, the curvature of functional, which ensures that it is bounded, tends to lower the highest occupied state. Remarkably, these two mechanisms are found to be transferable over a large and diverse database of compounds. |
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