Source code for pymatgen.analysis.defects.thermodynamics

# coding: utf-8
# Copyright (c) Pymatgen Development Team.
# Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.

import numpy as np
from monty.json import MSONable
from scipy.spatial import HalfspaceIntersection
from scipy.optimize import bisect
from itertools import groupby, chain

from pymatgen.electronic_structure.dos import FermiDos

__author__ = "Danny Broberg, Shyam Dwaraknath"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2018, The Materials Project"
__version__ = "1.0"
__maintainer__ = "Shyam Dwaraknath"
__email__ = "shyamd@lbl.gov"
__status__ = "Development"
__date__ = "Mar 15, 2018"


[docs]class DefectPhaseDiagram(MSONable): """ This is similar to a PhaseDiagram object in pymatgen, but has ability to do quick analysis of defect formation energies when fed DefectEntry objects uses many of the capabilities from PyCDT's DefectsAnalyzer class... This class is able to get: a) stability of charge states for a given defect, b) list of all formation ens c) transition levels in the gap d) Args: dentries ([DefectEntry]): A list of DefectEntry objects """ def __init__(self, entries, vbm, band_gap, filter_compatible=True): self.vbm = vbm self.band_gap = band_gap self.filter_compatible = filter_compatible if filter_compatible: self.entries = [e for e in entries if e.parameters.get("is_compatible", True)] else: self.entries = entries self.find_stable_charges()
[docs] def find_stable_charges(self): """ Sets the stable charges and transition states for a series of defect entries. This function uses scipy's HalfspaceInterection to oncstruct the polygons corresponding to defect stability as a function of the Fermi-level. The Halfspace Intersection constructs N-dimensional hyperplanes, in this case N=2, based on the equation of defect formation energy with considering chemical potentials: E_form = E_0^{Corrected} + Q_{defect}*(E_{VBM} + E_{Fermi}) Extra hyperplanes are constructed to bound this space so that the algorithm can actually find enclosed region. This code was modeled after the Halfspace Intersection code for the Pourbaix Diagram """ def similar_defect(a): """ Used to filter out similar defects of different charges which are defined by the same type and location """ return (a.name, a.site) # Limits for search # E_fermi = { -1 eV to band gap+1} # the 1 eV padding provides # E_formation. = { -21 eV to 20 eV} limits = [[-1, self.band_gap + 1], [-21, 20]] stable_entries = {} finished_charges = {} transition_level_map = {} # Grouping by defect types for _, defects in groupby(sorted(self.entries, key=similar_defect), similar_defect): defects = list(defects) # prepping coefficient matrix forx half-space intersection # [-Q, 1, -1*(E_form+Q*VBM)] -> -Q*E_fermi+E+-1*(E_form+Q*VBM) <= 0 where E_fermi and E are the variables in the hyperplanes hyperplanes = np.array( [[-1.0 * entry.charge, 1, -1.0 * (entry.energy + entry.charge * self.vbm)] for entry in defects]) border_hyperplanes = [[-1, 0, limits[0][0]], [1, 0, -1 * limits[0][1]], [0, -1, limits[1][0]], [0, 1, -1 * limits[1][1]]] hs_hyperplanes = np.vstack([hyperplanes, border_hyperplanes]) interior_point = [self.band_gap / 2, -20] hs_ints = HalfspaceIntersection(hs_hyperplanes, np.array(interior_point)) # Group the intersections and coresponding facets ints_and_facets = zip(hs_ints.intersections, hs_ints.dual_facets) # Only inlcude the facets corresponding to entries, not the boundaries total_entries = len(defects) ints_and_facets = filter(lambda int_and_facet: all(np.array(int_and_facet[1]) < total_entries), ints_and_facets) # sort based on transition level ints_and_facets = list(sorted(ints_and_facets, key=lambda int_and_facet: int_and_facet[0][0])) if len(ints_and_facets): # Unpack into lists _, facets = zip(*ints_and_facets) # Map of transition level: charge states transition_level_map[defects[0].name] = { intersection[0]: [defects[i].charge for i in facet] for intersection, facet in ints_and_facets } stable_entries[defects[0].name] = list(set([defects[i] for dual in facets for i in dual])) finished_charges[defects[0].name] = [defect.charge for defect in defects] else: # if ints_and_facets is empty, then there is likely only one defect... if len(defects) != 1: raise ValueError("ints and facets was empty but more than one defect exists... why?") transition_level_map[defects[0].name] = {} stable_entries[defects[0].name] = list([defects[0]]) finished_charges[defects[0].name] = [defects[0].charge] self.transition_level_map = transition_level_map self.transition_levels = { defect_name: list(defect_tls.keys()) for defect_name, defect_tls in transition_level_map.items() } self.stable_entries = stable_entries self.finished_charges = finished_charges self.stable_charges = { defect_name: [entry.charge for entry in entries] for defect_name, entries in stable_entries.items() }
@property def defect_types(self): """ List types of defects existing in the DefectPhaseDiagram """ return list(self.finished_charges.keys()) @property def all_stable_entries(self): """ List all stable entries (defect+charge) in the DefectPhaseDiagram """ return set(chain.from_iterable(self.stable_entries.values())) @property def all_unstable_entries(self): """ List all unstable entries (defect+charge) in the DefectPhaseDiagram """ all_stable_entries = self.all_stable_entries return [e for e in self.entries if e not in all_stable_entries]
[docs] def defect_concentrations(self, chemical_potentials, temperature=300, fermi_level=0.): """ Give list of all concentrations at specified efermi in the DefectPhaseDiagram args: chemical_potentials = {Element: number} is dictionary of chemical potentials to provide formation energies for temperature = temperature to produce concentrations from fermi_level: (float) is fermi level relative to valence band maximum Default efermi = 0 = VBM energy returns: list of dictionaries of defect concentrations """ concentrations = [] for dfct in self.all_stable_entries: concentrations.append({ 'conc': dfct.defect_concentration( chemical_potentials=chemical_potentials, temperature=temperature, fermi_level=fermi_level), 'name': dfct.name, 'charge': dfct.charge }) return concentrations
[docs] def suggest_charges(self, tolerance=0.1): """ Suggest possible charges for defects to computee based on proximity of known transitions from entires to VBM and CBM Args: tolerance (float): tolerance with respect to the VBM and CBM to ` continue to compute new charges """ recommendations = {} for def_type in self.defect_types: test_charges = np.arange( np.min(self.stable_charges[def_type]) - 1, np.max(self.stable_charges[def_type]) + 2) test_charges = [charge for charge in test_charges if charge not in self.finished_charges[def_type]] if len(self.transition_level_map[def_type].keys()): # More positive charges will shift the minimum transition level down # Max charge is limited by this if its transition level is close to VBM min_tl = min(self.transition_level_map[def_type].keys()) if min_tl < tolerance: max_charge = max(self.transition_level_map[def_type][min_tl]) test_charges = [charge for charge in test_charges if charge < max_charge] # More negative charges will shift the maximum transition level up # Minimum charge is limited by this if transition level is near CBM max_tl = max(self.transition_level_map[def_type].keys()) if max_tl > (self.band_gap - tolerance): min_charge = min(self.transition_level_map[def_type][max_tl]) test_charges = [charge for charge in test_charges if charge > min_charge] else: test_charges = [charge for charge in test_charges if charge not in self.stable_charges[def_type]] recommendations[def_type] = test_charges return recommendations
[docs] def solve_for_fermi_energy(self, temperature, chemical_potentials, bulk_dos): """ Solve for the Fermi energy self-consistently as a function of T and p_O2 Observations are Defect concentrations, electron and hole conc Args: bulk_dos: bulk system dos (pymatgen Dos object) gap: Can be used to specify experimental gap. Will be useful if the self consistent Fermi level is > DFT gap Returns: Fermi energy """ fdos = FermiDos(bulk_dos, bandgap=self.band_gap) def _get_total_q(ef): qd_tot = sum([ d['charge'] * d['conc'] for d in self.defect_concentrations( chemical_potentials=chemical_potentials, temperature=temperature, fermi_level=ef) ]) qd_tot += fdos.get_doping(fermi=ef + self.vbm, T=temperature) return qd_tot return bisect(_get_total_q, -1., self.band_gap + 1.)