research article
Ab initio Electronic Structure of Liquid Water
Self-consistent GW calculations with efficient vertex corrections are employed to determine the electronic structure of liquid water. Nuclear quantum effects are taken into account through ab initio path-integral molecular dynamics simulations. We reveal a sizable band-gap renormalization of up to 0.7 eV due to hydrogen-bond quantum fluctuations. Our calculations lead to a band gap of 8.9 eV, in accord with the experimental estimate. We further resolve the ambiguities in the band-edge positions of liquid water. The valence-band maximum and the conduction-band minimum are found at −9.4 and −0.5 eV with respect to the vacuum level, respectively.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000390224200007
Date Issued
2016
Publisher
Published in
Volume
117
Article Number
186401
Editorial or Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
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Available on Infoscience
January 15, 2017
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