<div>Hello all,</div>
<div>I am calculating vacancy formation energy of barium flouride. I am using a super cell of 96 atoms. When I create barium vacancy and do a relax calculation, the vacancy energy is positive in sign. When i do the same for flouride ion, the vacancy energy turns to be negative. This energy is calculated by the formula E = E(vacancy) + E(single atom) - E(pure crystal). Both energies I hope should be positive.<br clear="all">
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