TITLE:
First Principles Studies on the Electronic Structure and Band Structure of Paraelectric SrTiO3 by Different Approximations
AUTHORS:
H. Salehi
KEYWORDS:
Electronic Structure, SrTiO3, WIEN2k, FP-LAPW, DFT, GGA
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.2 No.9,
September
16,
2011
ABSTRACT: The electronic structure, energy band structure, total density of states (DOS) and electronic density of perovskite SrTiO3 in the cubic phase are calculated by the using full potential-linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method in the framework density functional theory (DFT) with the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) by WIEN2k package. The calculated band structure shows a direct band gap of 2.5 eV at the Γ point in the Brillouin zone.The total DOS is compared with experimental x-ray photoemission spectra. From the DOS analysis, as well as charge-density studies, I have conclude that the bonding between Sr and TiO2 is mainly ionic and that the TiO2 entities bond covalently.The calculated band structure and density of state of SrTiO3 are in good agreement with theoretical and experimental results.