Predicting Band Gaps with Hybrid Density Functionals

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 4165-4170

  Garza, Alejandro J ^a,b   Scuseria, Gustavo E ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING;

BLACK BOXES; HARTREE-FOCK EXCHANGES; HYBRID DENSITY; LARGE BAND GAP MATERIALS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84992176617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01807     Document Type: Article

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