<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi there, <br>I have a problem related to DOS at fermi level. Let me start with my scf file first<br>-------------<br> &system<br> ibrav=0, celldm(1)=0 , nat=22, ntyp=4,<br> ecutwfc =37.0, occupations='smearing', smearing='gauss', degauss=0.01, nelec=156<br> nspin= 1,<br> /<br> &electrons<br> electron_maxstep= 300<br> mixing_mode = 'plain'<br> mixing_beta = 0.2<br> conv_thr = 1.0d-6<br> diagonalization= 'david'<br> /<br>--------------<br>My pseudopotentials are norm conversing, which are generated by ld1.x and their transferability is OK.<br>here is the output<br>----------<br>the Fermi energy is 3.4391 ev<br><br>! total
energy = -1213.21835062 Ry<br> Harris-Foulkes estimate = -1213.21835085 Ry<br> estimated scf accuracy < 0.00000034 Ry<br><br> The total energy is the sum of the following terms:<br><br> one-electron contribution = -711.80653324 Ry<br> hartree contribution = 352.57845405 Ry<br> xc contribution = -222.78424774 Ry<br> ewald contribution = -631.18916691 Ry<br> smearing contrib. (-TS)
= -0.01685678 Ry<br><br> convergence has been achieved in 32 iterations<br>----------------------<br>and Dos<br>3.000 0.2551E+02 0.1178E+03<br> 3.100 0.2931E+02 0.1207E+03<br> 3.200 0.3391E+02 0.1241E+03<br> 3.300 0.3375E+02 0.1275E+03<br> 3.400 0.2724E+02 0.1302E+03<br> 3.500 0.2299E+02 0.1325E+03<br> 3.600 0.2335E+02 0.1348E+03<br> 3.700 0.2043E+02 0.1369E+03<br> 3.800 0.1297E+02 0.1381E+03<br> 3.900 0.9369E+01 0.1391E+03<br> 4.000 0.8969E+01 0.1400E+03<br><br>--------------<br>My question are concerned to:<br>+ DOS is still not zero at fermi level E=3.4391<br>+ Integrated DOS is not equal number of electron (156) , even I try DeltaE=0.001<br>-------------<br>I have thought about the question<br>+First,
My compound is insulator, an oxide with optical bandgap of 4 eV. But in scf input, I use occupations='smearing'. Shoud I change it to occupations='fixed' and increase nbnd>156/2 and delete smearing variable.<br>------------<br>Is there anyone had this problem before and please help me to fix that.<br><br>Sau Nguyen<br>U of Houston<br><br></td></tr></table><br>