Table 2 DFT crystal-field levels on \({\mathcal{A}}\) (first row) and \({\mathcal{B}}\) (second row) site in the investigated delafossites, as well as orbital coefficients a, b on the \({\mathcal{B}}\) site. All energies in meV.

From: From basic properties to the Mott design of correlated delafossites

compound

\({\varepsilon }_{{a}_{1g}}^{{\mathcal{A,B}}}\)

\({\varepsilon }_{{e}_{g}^{\prime}}^{{\mathcal{A,B}}}\)

\({\varepsilon }_{{e}_{g}}^{{\mathcal{A,B}}}\)

a

b

 

−1082

−2177

−1953

  

PdCoO2

−1320

−1415

−465

0.621

0.784

 

−969

−2057

−1847

  

PdCrO2

−336

−493

831

0.586

0.810

 

−3195

−4139

−4080

  

AgCrO2

−249

−459

743

0.548

0.837