[Wien] Question to band gap calculations of PBE-GGA and EV-GGA

[Joey Davis]

Dear all, I use PBE-GGA and EV-GGA to calculated the band structure of a narrow gap semiconductor. The semiconductor in my calculation is a bulk compound, and there is no reports about its band  gap information. It is well known that EV-GGA can give the band gap value that is close to the  right value. Usually I use PBE-GGA to calculated the energy band structure, and shift the conductive band to force the band gap to be the value given by EV-GGA. But in my calculation, the PBE-GGA shows my semiconductor is a indirect band gap semiconductor, and  the EV-GGA shows that it is a direct band gap semiconductor.  I want to get the correct value  of band gap in my semiconductor, and what should I do? The spin orbit coupling is  included in my calculation.  Thanks in advance Joey Davis 
 
 
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