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General Questions and Answers / Re: Bandstructure of B-P nanosheet not calculated correctly
« on: April 6, 2024, 20:23 »
The paper you refer to is done with DFT, but your model in the script is using an extended Huckel model. That might work, sometimes, and would save a lot of time, however as your test shows, for this system the Huckel parameters do not give the correct band structure etc for B-P, thus it cannot be used.
You might try other parameters such as the Muller or Hoffmann models, and also it will be important to perform the calculations self-consistently since there will be significant charge transfer between B and P atoms (might try that with Cerda parameters too but I doubt it will work, as the two parameter sets you are trying to mix come from fits to AlP and BN).
I think your main option will be DFT in this case.
You might try other parameters such as the Muller or Hoffmann models, and also it will be important to perform the calculations self-consistently since there will be significant charge transfer between B and P atoms (might try that with Cerda parameters too but I doubt it will work, as the two parameter sets you are trying to mix come from fits to AlP and BN).
I think your main option will be DFT in this case.