Table 2. Comparative Analysis and D3 Dispersion Correction Effect on the TiO2/Ti2O3 Reduction Reaction Energies Computed with Different U Parameter Values at the PBEsol Level of Theory.
| Hubbard parameter value | method/reaction energy
(eV) |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| U | PBEsol | PBEsol-D3 | % ϵ absolute percentage relative error PBEsol-D3 |
| 0 | 1.14 | 0.96 | 21.4 |
| 1 | 1.26 | 1.08 | 11.4 |
| 2 | 1.37 | 1.19 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1.44 | 1.27 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 1.49 | 1.33 | 9.0 |
| 6 | 1.52 | 1.39 | 13.9 |