Table 3 Calculated energy gaps from GGA, GGA + SO, GGA + U, GGA + U + SO with U = 2, J = 0.87 eV, GW, and HSE for geometrically optimized VX2 (X = S, Se, and Te) monolayers.
(eV) | GGA | GGA + SO | GGA + U | GGA + U + SO | GW | HSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VS2 | 0.046 | 0.044 | 0.473 | 0.473 | 1.334 | 1.110 |
VSe2 | 0.225 | 0.251 | 0.651 | 0.684 | 1.200 | 1.150 |
VTe2 | 0.201 | 0.149 | 0.379 | 0.282 | 0.705 | 0.560 |