[Wien] Band gap not matching with materials project data

shamik chakrabarti shamik15041981 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 7 17:33:28 CEST 2023


I have another question, should we use only 1 or 2 k-points?

On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 at 21:01, shamik chakrabarti <shamik15041981 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you Sir
>
> On Wed, 7 Jun 2023, 21:00 Peter Blaha, <peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>
>> Looks ok.
>>
>>
>> Am 07.06.2023 um 14:41 schrieb shamik chakrabarti:
>>
>> Dear Prof. Blaha,
>>
>>                          I am sending a cif file of diatomic N2 herewith
>> this email. Kindly suggest to me if it is right.
>>
>> with regards,
>>
>> On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 at 17:43, Peter Blaha <peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You have to simulate a N2 molecule.
>>>
>>> Choose a box of about 205 bohr and put 2 N atoms at +/-z, such that
>>> their distance is about the experimental distance.
>>>
>>> Use identical RMT and RKMAX values when you simulate   N2, C5N and
>>> graphite.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 6/7/23 um 13:24 schrieb shamik chakrabarti:
>>> > I think I need to simulate the energy of diatomic nitrogen..but how to
>>> > do it?
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 at 16:17, shamik chakrabarti
>>> > <shamik15041981 at gmail.com <mailto:shamik15041981 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >     Dear Prof. Blaha,
>>> >
>>> >                    I want to simulate the formation energy of C5N
>>> >     (nitrogen doped monolayer graphene) with respect to the phase
>>> >     separation between C6 & N. Which struct file of nitrogen then we
>>> >     should choose?
>>> >
>>> >     with regards,
>>> >
>>> >     On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 at 16:00, Peter Blaha <peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at
>>> >     <mailto:peter.blaha at tuwien.ac.at>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >         Besides what Fabien answered:
>>> >
>>> >         The magnetic moment is fortunately   6 uB, not 0.6.   Each N
>>> >         atom contributes obviously 3 electrons.
>>> >
>>> >         If I interpret the website correctly, these are r2scan data,
>>> not
>>> >         PBE anymore ???
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >         Anyway, N in hcp close packed structure ???
>>> >
>>> >         In databases you can do everything ....
>>> >
>>> >         Am 07.06.2023 um 11:08 schrieb shamik chakrabarti:
>>> >>         Dear Wien2k users,
>>> >>
>>> >>                          I have tried to optimize the crystal
>>> >>         structure of Alpha-N2 by using data from "
>>> >>
>>> https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-12103/#electronic_Structure <
>>> https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-12103/#electronic_Structure>"
>>> >>         However, after optimization (or even with the unoptimized
>>> >>         cell) we are getting vast different electronic band gap.
>>> >>         The structure on
>>> >>          "
>>> https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-12103/#electronic_Structure <
>>> https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-12103/#electronic_Structure>"
>>> tells band gap as *0.96 eV* while our optimized structure ( or even with
>>> the unoptimized structure) is giving the band gap as *~ 10.553 eV*. However
>>> the magnetic moment is coming the same (~0.6 muB) for both the cases. I am
>>> attaching the optimized struct file herewith this mail.
>>> >>
>>> >>         Looking forward to your response in this regards.
>>> >>
>>> >>         with regards,
>>> >>
>>> >>         --
>>> >>         Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti
>>> >>         Research Fellow
>>> >>         Department of Physics
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Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti
Research Fellow
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Bihta-801103
Patna
Bihar, India
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