Using Wannier functions to improve solid band gap predictions in density functional theory

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ma, Jie ^a   Wang, Lin Wang ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; IONIZATION; PREDICTION;

EID: 84964623370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep24924     Document Type: Article

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