Effect of Coulomb correlations on the electronic structure of bulk V2Se2O: a DFT + DMFT study
I. O. Trifonov+, S. L. Skornyakov+*, V. I. Anisimov+*
+M. N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620108 Yekaterinburg, Russia
*Ural Federal University, 620062 Yekaterinburg, Russia
Abstract
We present results of density functional theory (DFT) plus dynamical
mean-field theory (DFT + DMFT) calculations of the electronic structure
of bulk paramagnetic V2Se2O. We show that local Coulomb
correlations in the partially filled V 3d shells induce
renormalizations
of the DFT spectral functions close to the Fermi energy preserving
their shape. These transformations are not accompanied by a spectral
weight transfer to Hubbard bands, indicating a moderately correlated
metallic state of bulk paramagnetic V2Se2O. The V 3d states
exhibit a quasiparticle mass enhancement
comparable to that in the isostructural compound V2Te2O.
We demonstrate that orbital selectivity of correlation effects in
V2Se2O is less pronounced compared to V2Te2O as
can be traced from the weaker differentiation of m*/m and local
spin correlation functions for different V 3d orbitals. The analysis
of the temperature dependence of the self-energy allows us to speculate
on possible deviations from the Fermi-liquid behavior of
V2Se2O.