Resolution of the Band Gap Prediction Problem for Materials Design

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1198-1203

  Crowley, Jason M ^a   Tahir Kheli, Jamil ^a   Goddard, William A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FORECASTING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

BAND-GAP PROBLEM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY METHODS; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; MANY BODY PERTURBATION THEORY; MATERIALS DESIGN; MEAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PREDICTION PROBLEM;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84964370831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02870     Document Type: Article

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