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Structural formula: Mg4 Ni4 O8

Functional: optB88-vDW

Space group : P1

Calculation type: Bulk

JARVIS ID: JVASP-9273

Formation energy/atom (eV): -1.733

Relaxed energy/atom (eV): -3.3984

Primitive cell lattice parameters

a 2.815 Å , b 8.163 Å , c 8.319 Å

α 95.036 ° , β 80.266 ° , γ 80.073 °

Conventional cell lattice parameters

a 2.815 Å , b 8.163 Å , c 8.319 Å

α 95.036 ° , β 99.734 ° , γ 99.927 °

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Convergence

Calculations are done using VASP software. Convergence on KPOINTS and ENCUT is done with respect to total energy of the system within 0.001 eV tolerance. Please note convergence on KPOINTS and ENCUT is generally done for target properties, but here we assume energy-convergence with 0.001 eV should be sufficient for other properties also. The points on the curves are obtained with single-point calculation (nuber of ionic steps,NSW=1). However, for very accurate calculations, NSW>1 might be needed.

Structural analysis

The following shows the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and the Radial distribution function (RDF) plots. XRD peaks should be comparable to experiments for bulk structures. Relative intensities may differ.

Electronic structure

The following shows the electronic density of states and bandstructure. DFT is generally predicted to underestimate bandgap of materials. Accurate band-gaps are obtained with higher level methods (with high computational requirement) such as HSE, GW, which are under progress. Total DOS, Orbital DOS and Element dos buttons are provided for density of states options. Energy is rescaled to make Fermi-energy zero. In the bandstructure plot, spin up is is shown with blue lines while spin down are shown with red lines. Non-degenerate spin-up and spin-down states (if applicable) would imply a net orbital magnetic moment in the system. Fermi-occupation tolerance for bandgap calculation is chosen as 0.001.

High-symmetry kpoints based bandgap (eV): 0.0035I

Optical properties Semi-local

Incident photon energy dependence of optical is shown below. Only interband optical transitions are taken into account.Please note the underestimatation of band-gap problem with DFT will reflect in the spectra as well. For very accurate optical properties GW/BSE calculation would be needed, which is yet to be done because of their very high computational cost. Optical properties for layered materials needs to be rescaled with the actual thickness to simulation z-box ratio. Absorption coeffiecient is in cm-1 unit.

Dense k-mesh based bandgap is : 0.3017 eV

Optical properties METAGGA-MBJ

Single point DFT calculation was carried out with meta-gga MBJ functional. This should give reasonable bandgap, and optical properties assuming the calculation was properly converged. Incident photon energy dependence of optical is shown below. Only interband optical transitions are taken into account.

MBJ bandgap is : 0.0042 eV

Elastic tensor and derived phonon properties

Elastic tensor calculated for the conventional cell of the system with finite-difference method. For layered materials, the elastic constants are rescaled with respect to vacuum padding (see the input files) and the units for elastic coefficients are in N/m. Phonons obtained from this calcuation are also shown.

WARNING: Please note this may not be the exact phonon modes of the system as we did not test the cell-size dependence of phonons yet. At least 1.2 nm x1.2 nm x1.2 nm or more is needed for obtaining reliable phonon spectrum. For systems having primitive-cell phonon representation tables, I denotes infrared activity and R denotes Raman active modes (where applicabale). The minimum thermal conductivity was calculated using elastic tensor information following Clarke and Cahill formalism.

Bulk Modulus BV 117.589 GPa

Shear Modulus GV 42.773 GPa

335.5 66.6 56.8 0.4 15.1 0.4
66.6 186.9 79.8 0.4 34.2 -0.3
56.8 79.8 129.5 0.1 18.8 -0.0
0.4 0.4 0.1 31.0 0.0 6.9
15.1 34.2 18.8 0.0 15.1 -0.2
0.4 -0.3 -0.0 6.9 -0.2 18.2
Phonon mode (cm-1)
-0.2984870564
-0.1496197389
-0.0910369755
54.9202043085
61.341668926
76.6784305419
79.180890019
81.1207821483
89.0032534797
97.369783989
113.93362616
127.420277821
158.969079383
177.442199919
184.427029893
187.764072967
207.408083296
237.096496306
239.37543059
259.571127113
260.739707502
287.926284498
294.396262519
294.624661026
303.489060114
378.242494759
391.752266011
394.924742991
404.751954386
431.84375487
444.138379735
452.375391704
456.315949933
459.317279944
488.072640209
502.304849775
504.783343902
517.387458581
530.011069282
532.485002892
541.604332376
547.252612833
567.533692557
568.371698874
591.993689192
619.234245398
640.675840306
650.264115315

Point group

point_group_type: 1

Visualize Phonons here
Phonon mode (cm-1) Representation
-0.2984870564 A I+R
-0.1496197389 A I+R
-0.0910369755 A I+R
54.9202043085 A I+R
61.341668926 A I+R
76.6784305419 A I+R
79.180890019 A I+R
81.1207821483 A I+R
89.0032534797 A I+R
97.369783989 A I+R
113.93362616 A I+R
127.420277821 A I+R
158.969079383 A I+R
177.442199919 A I+R
184.427029893 A I+R
187.764072967 A I+R
207.408083296 A I+R
237.096496306 A I+R
239.37543059 A I+R
259.571127113 A I+R
260.739707502 A I+R
287.926284498 A I+R
294.396262519 A I+R
294.624661026 A I+R
303.489060114 A I+R
378.242494759 A I+R
391.752266011 A I+R
394.924742991 A I+R
404.751954386 A I+R
431.84375487 A I+R
444.138379735 A I+R
452.375391704 A I+R
456.315949933 A I+R
459.317279944 A I+R
488.072640209 A I+R
502.304849775 A I+R
504.783343902 A I+R
517.387458581 A I+R
530.011069282 A I+R
532.485002892 A I+R
541.604332376 A I+R
547.252612833 A I+R
567.533692557 A I+R
568.371698874 A I+R
591.993689192 A I+R
619.234245398 A I+R
640.675840306 A I+R
650.264115315 A I+R

Magnetic moment

The orbital magnetic moment was obtained after SCF run. Please note no DFT+U parameters were taken into account.

3.797 μB

Reference


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