Influence of the modified Becke-Johnson exchange potential on thermoelectric properties: application to Mg2Si |
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Authors: | Boulet Pascal Record Marie-Christine |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire Chimie Provence, LCP, UMR-CNRS 6264, Aix Marseille I University, case MADIREL, St Jér?me, av. Normandie-Niemen, F-13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France. pascal.boulet@univ-provence.fr |
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Abstract: | The electronic and transport properties of Mg(2)Si are calculated using the density-functional and semi-classical Boltzmann transport theories. A detailed comparison of the efficiency of the Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof (PBE) and the modified Becke-Johnson (m-BJ) exchange potentials on the prediction of these properties is presented. We show that the m-BJ potential is able to predict the Mg(2)Si thermoelectric properties with better agreement with the experimental data than the PBE potential. These findings are correlated with a small modification of the valence orbitals of the materials and the opening of the gap. |
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