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First-principles calculations on thermodynamic properties of BaTiO 3 rhombohedral phase. / Bandura, Andrei V.; Evarestov, Robert A.
In: Journal of Computational Chemistry, Vol. 33, No. 18, 05.07.2012, p. 1554-1563.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - First-principles calculations on thermodynamic properties of BaTiO 3 rhombohedral phase
AU - Bandura, Andrei V.
AU - Evarestov, Robert A.
PY - 2012/7/5
Y1 - 2012/7/5
N2 - The calculations based on the linear combination of atomic orbitals have been performed for the low-temperature phase of BaTiO 3 crystal. Structural and electronic properties, as well as phonon frequencies were obtained using hybrid PBE0 exchange-correlation functional. The calculated frequencies and total energies at different volumes have been used to determine the equation of state and thermal contribution to the Helmholtz free energy within the quasiharmonic approximation. For the first time, the bulk modulus, volume thermal expansion coefficient, heat capacity, and Grüneisen parameters in BaTiO 3 rhombohedral phase have been estimated at zero pressure and temperatures form 0 to 200 K, based on the results of first-principles calculations. Empirical equation has been proposed to reproduce the temperature dependence of the calculated quantities. The agreement between the theoretical and experimental thermodynamic properties was found to be satisfactory.
AB - The calculations based on the linear combination of atomic orbitals have been performed for the low-temperature phase of BaTiO 3 crystal. Structural and electronic properties, as well as phonon frequencies were obtained using hybrid PBE0 exchange-correlation functional. The calculated frequencies and total energies at different volumes have been used to determine the equation of state and thermal contribution to the Helmholtz free energy within the quasiharmonic approximation. For the first time, the bulk modulus, volume thermal expansion coefficient, heat capacity, and Grüneisen parameters in BaTiO 3 rhombohedral phase have been estimated at zero pressure and temperatures form 0 to 200 K, based on the results of first-principles calculations. Empirical equation has been proposed to reproduce the temperature dependence of the calculated quantities. The agreement between the theoretical and experimental thermodynamic properties was found to be satisfactory.
KW - bulk modulus
KW - Grüneisen parameter
KW - heat capacity
KW - hybrid DFT calculations
KW - perovskite polymorphs
KW - phonon frequencies
KW - thermal expansion
KW - thermal free energy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861794234&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/jcc.22988
DO - 10.1002/jcc.22988
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861794234
VL - 33
SP - 1554
EP - 1563
JO - Journal of Computational Chemistry
JF - Journal of Computational Chemistry
SN - 0192-8651
IS - 18
ER -
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