<DIV>Dear Paolo:</DIV>
<DIV> I have calculated the band structure with lattice constant <FONT color=#ff0000>5.64613 <STRONG>(A)</STRONG></FONT><FONT color=#000000> , and set calculation = 'relax'. Then I get the band gap of the germanium 0.2269 eV. It's also too large.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> I tried to optimize band structure, just like CO in example3.</DIV>
<DIV>input file :</DIV>
<DIV>&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000> &control<BR> calculation = 'relax'<BR> restart_mode='from_scratch',<BR> prefix='germaniun',<BR> tstress = .true.<BR> tprnfor = .true.<BR> pseudo_dir = '/usr/people/lty/code/pseudo//',<BR> outdir='/usr/people/lty/tmp//'<BR> /<BR> &system<BR> ibrav= 0, nat= 2, ntyp= 1,<BR> ecutwfc =30.0, nbnd = 8<BR> /<BR> &electrons<BR> diagonalization='cg'<BR> mixing_mode = 'plain'<BR> mixing_beta = 0.7<BR> conv_thr = 1.0d-8<BR> /<BR> &ions<BR> upscale = 10.0<BR> /<BR>ATOMIC_SPECIES<BR> Ge 72.59 Ge.pz-bhs.UPF<BR>ATOMIC_POSITIONS<BR> Ge 0.00 0.00 0.00 1 1 1<BR> Ge 0.25 0.25 0.25 1 1
1<BR>CELL_PARAMETERS<BR> 10.0 00.0 00.0<BR> 00.0 10.0 00.0<BR> 00.0 00.0 10.0<BR>K_POINTS<BR> 6<BR> 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00<BR> 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.00<BR> 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.00<BR> 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.00<BR> 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.00<BR> 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.00<BR>&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000> Then I get the band gap :</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR> k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 ( 2777 PWs) bands (ev):</DIV>
<DIV> -11.1883 -7.1028 -2.6627 -1.6724 -1.6724 -0.1296 -0.1296 4.2633</DIV>
<DIV> k = 0.1000 0.1000 0.1000 ( 2785 PWs) bands (ev):</DIV>
<DIV> -11.1650 -7.1625 -2.5315 -1.8738 -1.8738 0.1408 0.1408 2.0930</DIV>
<DIV> k = 0.2000 0.2000 0.2000 ( 2785 PWs) bands (ev):</DIV>
<DIV> -11.1051 -7.2871 -2.3407 -2.2155 -2.2155 0.5997 0.5997 1.8475</DIV>
<DIV> k = 0.3000 0.3000 0.3000 ( 2785 PWs) bands (ev):</DIV>
<DIV> -11.0338 -7.3931 -2.4812 -2.4812 -2.3644 0.7896 0.7896 2.4967</DIV>
<DIV> k = 0.4000 0.4000 0.4000 ( 2764 PWs) bands (ev):</DIV>
<DIV> -10.9785 -7.4498 -2.6302 -2.6302 -2.4865 0.6643 0.6643 3.4208</DIV>
<DIV> k = 0.5000 0.5000 0.5000 ( 2800 PWs) bands (ev):</DIV>
<DIV> -10.9579 -7.4662 -2.6758 -2.6758 -2.5383 0.5696 0.5696 3.0471</DIV>
<DIV>&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&</DIV>
<DIV>The band-gap is -0.8659 eV. I think the band-gap is error. Which must be adjusted in my input-file, then I get the right band-gap ?</DIV>
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<DIV>Best wishes</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>tylv<BR><BR><B><I>Paolo Giannozzi <giannozz@nest.sns.it></I></B> wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On Saturday 31 July 2004 11:04, Bachir Bouhafs wrote:<BR><BR>> [...] I think that you have calculated your band structure at the<BR>> experimental lattice parameter [...] which is greater than the LDA <BR>> value. Which means, that you have applied a negative pressure <BR>> to your crystal, and consequently the band gap increases.<BR><BR>[ please do not post HTML ]<BR><BR>and this is likely to be the main reason of the discrepancy. Other <BR>factors, such as the pseudopotential, cutoff, number of k-points, <BR>may contribute to the difference. For instance: in GaAs, the use <BR>of a nonrelativistic pseudopotential for Ga increases the band gap<BR>by approx. 0.4 eV.<BR><BR>By the way: the tests and examples are NOT meant to give any<BR>realistic description of any realistic systems. <BR><BR>Paolo<BR>-- <BR>Paolo Giannozzi e-mail: giannozz@nest.sns.it<BR>Scuola Normale
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