Electron Transport via Local Polarons at Interface Atoms

Electron transport via local polarons at interface atoms.

Electronic transport is profoundly modified in the presence of strong electron-vibration coupling. We show that in certain situations, the electron flow takes place only when vibrations are excited. By controlling the segregation of boron in semiconducting Si(111)-square root 3 x square root 3 R 30 degrees surfaces, we create a type of adatom with a dangling-bond state that is electronically de...

Binding of Polarons and Atoms at Threshold

If the polaron coupling constant α is large enough, bipolarons or multi-polarons will form. When passing through the critical αc from above, does the radius of the system simply get arbitrarily large or does it reach a maximum and then explodes? We prove that it is always the latter. We also prove the analogous statement for the Pekar-Tomasevich (PT) approximation to the energy, in which case t...

Role of graphene/substrate interface on the local transport properties of the two-dimensional electron gas

Local correlation energies of two-electron atoms and model systems

We present nearly local definitions of correlation energy density, and its potential and kinetic components, and evaluate them for several two-electron systems. This information should provide valuable guidance in constructing better correlation functionals than those in common use. In addition, we demonstrate that the quantum chemistry and the density-functional definitions of the correlation ...

Electron small polarons and their transport in bismuth vanadate: a first principles study.

Relatively low electron mobility has been thought to be a key factor that limits the overall photocatalytic performance of BiVO4, but the behavior of electrons has not been fully elucidated. We examine electron localization and transport in BiVO4 using hybrid density functional theory calculations. An excess electron is found to remain largely localized on one V atom. The predicted hopping barr...