Nature of insulating state in NaV₂O₅ above charge-ordering transition: a cluster DMFT study

The nature of insulating state driven by electronic correlations in the quarter-filled ladder compound $\alpha'$NaV$_{2}$O$_{5}$ is investigated within a cluster dynamical mean-field approach. An extended Hubbard model with first-principle tight-binding parameters have been used. It is shown that the insulating state in the charge-disordered phase of this compound is formed due to the transfer of spectral density and dynamical charge fluctuations where for the latter, the role of inter-site Coulomb interaction is found to be of crucial importance.