<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Dear Stephano<br>Thanks very much for this IMPORTANT REMARK. Now I understand.<br><br>The Fermi level is an electronic issue, not related to the ionic conduction.<br><br>Thanks very much. <br><br><br> ******************************************<br> Bertrand SITAMTZE YOUMBI<br> Laboratory of Material sciences<br> Department of physics<br>University of Yaoundé I-Cameroon<br>PO Box 812 Yaoundé-Cameroon<br> ********************************************<br><br>--- En date de : <b>Dim 11.10.09, Stefano de Gironcoli <i><degironc@sissa.it></i></b> a écrit :<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>De: Stefano de Gironcoli <degironc@sissa.it><br>Objet: Re: [Pw_forum] Band structure calculation<br>À: "PWSCF Forum" <pw_forum@pwscf.org><br>Date: Dimanche
11 Octobre 2009, 14h31<br><br><div class="plainMail">An ionic conductor is a material where the charge carriers are ions NOT <br>electrons...<br>Molten NaCl will be able to sustain an electrical current but it will <br>still be an insulator from the electronic point of view..<br>stefano<br><br>Bertrand SITAMTZE wrote:<br>> Dear all,<br>> I calculated the bands structure of an ionic conductor with bands.x. <br>> But when I plot it with plotband.x, the Fermi level is exactly at the <br>> middle of the forbidden gap.<br>> I think as a conductor, the Fermi level should be in the conduction band.<br>> Has something gone wrong?<br>><br>> Thanks for your help<br>><br>><br>><br>> ******************************************<br>> Bertrand SITAMTZE YOUMBI<br>> Laboratory of Material sciences<br>> Department of physics<br>> University of Yaoundé I-Cameroon<br>> PO Box 812 Yaoundé-Cameroon<br>>
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