Electronic structure of BiSeI clusters

The valence band (VB) energy levels of BiSeI crystals have been calculated and compared to the X-ray photoelectron spectra of SbSI crystals. A molecular cluster consisting of 20 molecules of BiSeI has been used to calculate the total VB density of states by the density functional theory (DFT) method. The spectrum of total VB density of states of the (BiSeI)20 cluster weighted by atomic photoemission cross-sections has been compared with the experimental X-ray photoelectron VB spectrum of SbSI type crystals. The cluster model calculation has showed that the core level energy splitting depends on the difference of ionic charges of the same atoms at the edges of the (BiSeI)20 cluster.