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- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Copyright
- ©2014 American Physical Society
- Subject
- RAPID COMMUNICATIONS; Inhomogeneous, disordered, and partially ordered systems
- ISSN
- 1098-0121
- eISSN
- 1550-235X
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.060202
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
We present a first-principles investigation of the electronic structure of liquid water based on many-body perturbation theory (MBPT), within the G 0 W 0 approximation. The liquid quasiparticle band gap and the position of its valence band maximum and conduction band minimum with respect to vacuum were computed and it is shown that the use of MBPT is crucial to obtain results that are in good agreement with experiment. We found that the level of theory chosen to generate molecular dynamics trajectories may substantially affect the electronic structure of the liquid, in particular, the relative position of its band edges and redox potentials. Our results represent an essential step in establishing a predictive framework for computing the relative position of water redox potentials and the band edges of semiconductors and insulators.
Journal
Physical Review B – American Physical Society (APS)
Published: Feb 27, 2014