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The low-energy band structure near the band gap determines the electrical performance of thermoelectric materials. Here, by using the hybrid-density functional theory (hybrid-DFT) calculations, we calculate the low-energy band structure of Bi2Te3, Sb2Te3, Bi2Se3 and Sb2Se3 in the tetradymite phase. We find that the band structure characteristics are very sensitive the selection of the exchange energy functional. The predictability of the band gaps and the band degeneracies is not enhanced in hybrid-DFT calculations, as compared to DFT calculations. The poor prediction of low-energy band structures originates from the poor prediction of interlayer distances and the high structure sensitivity on the band gap. We conclude that the hybrid-DFT calculations are not superior to DFT calculations when predicting band structures of tetradymite Bi2Te3, Sb2Te3, Bi2Se3 and Sb2Se3 thermoelectric materials.
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Park, S., Ryu, B. Hybrid-density functional theory study on the band structures of tetradymite-Bi2Te3, Sb2Te3, Bi2Se3, and Sb2Se3 thermoelectric materials. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 69, 1683–1687 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.69.1683
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