Calculation of screened Coulomb interaction parameters for the charge-disproportionated insulator CaFeO₃

We calculate the screened electron-electron interaction for the charge-disproportionated insulator CaFeO₃ using the constrained random-phase approximation (cRPA). While in many correlated materials, the formation of a Mott-insulating state is driven by a large local Coulomb repulsion, represented by the Hubbard U, several cases have been identified more recently where U is strongly screened and instead the Hund's interaction J dominates the physics. Our results confirm a strong screening of the local Coulomb repulsion U in CaFeO₃ whereas J is much less screened and can thus stabilize a charge-disproportionated insulating state. This is consistent with the case of the rare-earth nickelates where similar behavior has been demonstrated. In addition, we validate some common assumptions used for parametrizing the local electron-electron interaction in first-principles calculations based on density-functional theory (DFT), assess the dependence of the interaction on the choice of correlated orbitals, and discuss the use of the calculated interaction parameters in DFT+U calculations of CaFeO₃. Our work also highlights certain limitations for the direct use of cRPA results in DFT-based first-principles calculations, in particular for systems with strong entanglement between the correlated and uncorrelated bands.

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Creator Merkel, Maximilian E.; Ederer, Claude
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Publication Year 2024
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Discipline Materials Science and Engineering