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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 108, Issue 25, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.256403
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- GENCI-CCRT [2012-gen6018]
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The random-phase approximation (RPA) is a promising approximation to the exchange-correlation energy of density functional theory, since it contains the van der Waals (vdW) interaction and yields a potential with the correct band gap. However, its calculation is computationally very demanding. We apply a range-separation concept to RPA and demonstrate how it drastically speeds up the calculations without loss of accuracy. The scheme is then successfully applied to a layered system subjected to weak vdW attraction and is used to address the controversy of the self-diffusion in silicon. We calculate the formation and migration energies of self-interstitials and vacancies taking into account atomic relaxations. The obtained activation energies deviate significantly from the earlier calculations and challenge some of the experimental interpretations: the diffusion of vacancies and interstitials has almost the same activation energy.
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