Research Article

Consistent Atomic Geometries and Electronic Structure of Five Phases of Potassium Niobate from Density-Functional Theory

Table 10

Calculated valence-band edge and conduction-band edge at high-symmetry points for the different phases of . Energies are given in eV relative to the position of the valence-band maximum. The valence-band maximum and the conduction-band minimum are italicized.

Cubic Tetragonal Orthorhombic Monoclinic Rhombohedral
() (P4mm) (Amm2) () (R3m)

3.143.23 4.100 6.340 7.35
3.27 3.96 6.30 3.92 6.13
6.110 6.26 3.873.63 3.98
07.51 6.163.59 4.143.80
6.30 6.34 5.71
0 7.36 3.90