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  • Computational materials science
  • Quantum chemistry
  • Solid-state physics

Background:

  • Accurate structure simulations are vital for developing new materials, like hybrid perovskites for solar cells.
  • Selecting the appropriate density functional is a key challenge in first-principles simulations.
  • The random phase approximation (RPA) offers a high-accuracy benchmark for evaluating density functionals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a first-principles method for evaluating density functionals for material simulations.
  • To determine the best-performing density functionals for the hybrid perovskite MAPbI_{3}.
  • To assess the accuracy of various density functionals against the RPA benchmark.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing the random phase approximation (RPA) as an accurate many-body theory benchmark.
  • Generating finite-temperature ensembles using RPA molecular dynamics for small supercells.
  • Evaluating the variance between RPA and different approximate density functionals for these ensembles.

Main Results:

  • Hybrid density functionals and the SCAN functional show excellent agreement with RPA results.
  • Van der Waals functionals do not improve the description of MAPbI_{3} compared to RPA.
  • In the tetragonal phase of MAPbI_{3}, molecules align with shorter lattice vectors, with possible reorientation on ps timescales.

Conclusions:

  • The presented RPA-based method provides a reliable approach for selecting optimal density functionals.
  • Hybrid and SCAN functionals are recommended for accurate structure simulations of MAPbI_{3}.
  • Understanding molecular dynamics in hybrid perovskites is essential for solar cell applications.