<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Prof. Peter,<br><br></div>This is in the queue on my previous query regarding CH3NH3PbI3:<br><br></div>I used two strategy and got different results:<br><br><br><font color="#000000">The experimental band gap
is 1.67 eV for orthorhombic lead halide perovskite.<br></font><br><div>I ran two cases (with PBE);<br>
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1. with 1000 k, div: ( 11 7 11) and "min -j 'run_lapw -p
-I -NI -i 120 <b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">-ec </span></b>0.00001 <b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">-ec </span></b> 0.0001 -fc 1<br clear="all">
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">2. with 400
k, div: ( 8 5 8) and min -j 'run_lapw
-p -I -NI -i 120 </font><font color="#000000"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">-ec </span></b> 0.0001 </font><font color="#000000"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">-ec </span></b> 0.0005 -fc 2'<br></font><br><font color="#000099"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">-ec switch is used twice instead of ec and cc (it is by mistake)</span><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><br></font><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Results:</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">1. GAP 1.687
eV, FER: 0.1030934295,
ENE: -339059.11079128</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">2. GAP 1.777
eV, FER: 0.1004906191, ENE: -339059.12432403</font></div>
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<div>In case 2 with less k-points and normal scf
criteria (<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">-ec</span></span>
0.0001 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">-ec</span> 0.0005 -fc 2), I got minimized ENE
than case 1. But the band gap is good from
case 1.</span><br></div></div><br></div>You see that band gap is in the error of /+- 0.01eV.<br><br></div><br></div>I did nothing special, just reduced rmt (5% and further rmt of "I" was reduced by 0.02).<br>Please correct me what is wrong here. Because usually PBE always underestimates the experimental band gap.<br><br></div>Kind regards<br></div>Bhamu</div>