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MM: Fachverband Metall- und Materialphysik

MM 42: Focus Session: Frontiers of Electronic-Structure Theory: Correlated Electron Materials V (joint session O/MM/DS/TT/CPP)

MM 42.9: Talk

Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 17:15–17:30, HL 001

Real-Structure Effects and Correlation in Layered Sodium Cobaltates — Sophie Chauvin^1,2, Silke Biermann¹, Lucia Reining², and •Claudia Rödl³ — ¹Centre de Physique Théorique, École polytechnique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France — ²Laboratoire des Solides Irradiés, École polytechnique, CNRS, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France — ³Institut für Festkörpertheorie und -optik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany

Na-doped layered cobaltates Na_xCoO₂ feature a rich phase diagram with a plethora of physical phenomena ranging from metal-insulator transitions over magnetism to charge ordering. These instabilities of the electronic structure are mostly attributed to correlation effects within the quasi-2D CoO₂ layers. Here, we focus on Na_2/3CoO₂, a doping for which the system is metallic and exhibits an experimentally established charge disproportionation on the Co atoms.

We study the electronic properties of the CoO₂ layers and investigate the impact of the intercalated Na atoms on the electronic structure in the ordered layered superstructure. The problem is tackled from an ab-initio point of view using density-functional theory (DFT) and many-body perturbation theory (MBPT). Moreover, we study the static charge-density response of the material to understand instabilities in the system. Our approach complements recent model calculations from extended dynamical mean-field theory (EDMFT). The calculated results are compared to experimental spectroscopic data.