[Wien] Confusion about DOS

shamik chakrabarti shamik15041981 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 27 18:26:04 CET 2021


Is it 2x2x1

On Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 21:45 shamik chakrabarti <shamik15041981 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Dr. Tran,
>
>                    How to set the number of k points to 4 as there are
> three variables nx, ny, nz?
>
> On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 at 21:34, Tran, Fabien <fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at>
> wrote:
>
>> It would be a wrong procedure. There is no option -hf with lapw1.
>> "x hf -up" and "x hf -dn" after the two "x lapw1" are missing.
>> Also, for a hybrid or Hartree-Fock calculation the scripts run(sp)_lapw
>> do a few
>> more things (like additional "x lapw2" and some "mv" and "cp") that are
>> necessary.
>>
>> The correct procedure would be:
>> (1) save_lapw case_1kpoint
>> (2) run_kgenhf_lapw -newklist (for 4 kpoints)
>> (3) runsp_lapw -hf -newklist -i 1 (just one iteration)
>> (4) x lapw2 -hf -qtl -up
>> (5) x lapw2 -hf -qtl -dn
>> (6) x tetra -hf -up
>> (7) x tetra -hf -dn
>>
>> Anyway, maybe you don't need to replot the DOS with more k-points. Your
>> DOS with 1 k-point should be ok
>> since your cell is large.
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Wien <wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at> on behalf of shamik
>> chakrabarti <shamik15041981 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2021 4:22 PM
>> To: A Mailing list for WIEN2k users
>> Subject: Re: [Wien] Confusion about DOS
>>
>> Dear Prof. Blaha,
>>
>>                  I have 56 atoms supercell & it is converged with one
>> k-point. In this regard should I do the following;
>> (1) save_lapw case_1kpoint
>> (2) run_kgenhf_lapw   for 4 kpoints
>> (3) x lapw1 -hf -up
>> (4) x lapw1 -hf -dn
>> (5) x lapw2 -hf -qtl -up
>> (6) x lapw2 -hf -qtl -dn
>> (7) x tetra -hf -up
>> (8) x tetra -hf -dn
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> with regards,
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 at 20:40, Peter Blaha <pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
>> <mailto:pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at>> wrote:
>> >     Is this a calculation with just one k-point ?
>> >
>> > Yes. It is a calculation with one k point
>>
>> Then everything is clear.
>>
>> Obviously, with one k-point in the BZ one cannot use the tetrahedra
>> method. There are no bands (E as funktion of k), but just one eigenvalue
>> "per band". In principle, your DOS consists of a number of
>> delta-functions. So tetra switches automatically to a broadening method
>> (Gaussian by default) with some broadening (see description of tetra and
>> case.int<http://case.int> in UG).
>> With a broadening method of course also your VBM (CBM) will be broadened
>> and this is what you see in the DOS.
>>
>> Of course, a single k-point calculation is valid only for very large
>> supercells....
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >     look into case.outputt
>> >
>> >
>> > Near Fermi Energy:
>> > case.outputtup:  0.00086   664.55  40.0000     0.37   0.0208
>> > case.outputtdn:  0.00886   851.95  46.0000     0.28   0.0244
>> >
>> >
>> >     These are data without broadening and you should see how many
>> electrons
>> >     (integral of DOS, 3rd column) are up to EF.
>> >
>> >     In addition, check out the :BAND  ranges in scf2
>> >     You should see a correspondence of those with the DOS (in Ry).
>> >
>> >     There are 217 bands
>> >
>> >   Looking forward to your response.
>> >
>> > with regards,
>> >
>> >
>> >     Am 27.11.2021 um 14:08 schrieb shamik chakrabarti:
>> >      > Yes, the gap 2.875 eV is the value found from SCF. I have tried
>> with
>> >      > broadening 0.001 & also with 0.000...however, it shows no
>> >     improvement.
>> >      > Is it due to numerical noise & can be neglected?
>> >      >
>> >      > On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 at 18:30, Tran, Fabien
>> >     <fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at<mailto:fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at> <mailto:
>> fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at<mailto:fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at>>
>> >      > <mailto:fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at<mailto:fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at
>> >
>> >     <mailto:fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at<mailto:fabien.tran at tuwien.ac.at>>>>
>> wrote:
>> >      >
>> >      >     Is 2.875 eV the value of :GAP in case.scf? If yes, it looks
>> >     like if
>> >      >     the Fermi energy
>> >      >     is not placed correctly on the DOS, because the gap between
>> the
>> >      >     valence and
>> >      >     conduction band seems to be close to 2.875 eV.
>> >      >     Could it be due to the broadening in case.int<
>> http://case.int>
>> >     <http://case.int> <http://case.int <http://case.int>>? Try
>> >      >     to execute tetra with a reduced (or no) broadening.
>> >      >
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>> >      >     Subject: [Wien] Confusion about DOS
>> >      >
>> >      >     Dear Wien2k users,
>> >      >
>> >      >                         I have plotted DOS for material with
>> >     converged
>> >      >     SCF using HSE06. I got a bandgap of 2,875 eV. However, in the
>> >      >     plotted DOS it can be seen that a small amount of DOS from
>> the
>> >      >     valence band is crossing the Fermi energy. I have attached
>> >     the plot
>> >      >     to this mail.
>> >      >
>> >      >     Is this crossing can be neglected or I should have to change
>> some
>> >      >     other parameters like broadening etc.
>> >      >
>> >      >     with regards,
>> >      >
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