An updated version of BOLTZWANN: A code for the evaluation of thermoelectric and electronic transport properties with a maximally-localized Wannier functions basis

被引:13
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作者
Pizzi, Giovanni [1 ]
Volja, Dmitri [2 ]
Kozinsky, Boris [3 ]
Fornari, Marco [4 ]
Marzari, Nicola [1 ]
机构
[1] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[2] MIT, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[3] Robert Bosch LLC, Res & Technol Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[4] Cent Michigan Univ, Dept Phys, Mt Pleasant, MI 48859 USA
关键词
Maximally-localized Wannier functions; Wannier90; Band interpolation; Band velocities; Thermoelectric properties;
D O I
10.1016/j.cpc.2014.05.004
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
BoltzWann is a code to evaluate thermoelectric and electronic transport properties of extended systems with a maximally-localized Wannier function basis set. The semiclassical Boltzmann transport equations for the homogeneous infinite system are solved in the constant relaxation-time approximation and band energies and band derivatives are obtained via Wannier interpolations. Thanks to the exponential localization of the Wannier functions obtained, very high accuracy in the Brillouin zone integrals can be achieved with very moderate computational costs. Moreover, the analytical expression for the band derivatives in the Wannier basis resolves any issues that may occur when evaluating derivatives near band crossings. We present here an updated version of the BoltzWann code, which is now fully integrated within Wannier90 version 2.0, with minor bug fixes and the possibility to study also two-dimensional systems.
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页码:2311 / 2312
页数:2
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