<div dir="ltr">Dear all:<br> I am working on ZnO structural optimization using the LDA+U method. As in the journal of chemical physics 140, 121105 (2014), the U value on Zn d electrons was set to be 4.5 eV, calculated by vasp code, there was a good agreement with experimaental data in cell parameters by DFT+U than DFT method did.<br>
the a, c and u in experimental values are 3.250, 5.210, 0.382, respectively. <br> Calculated by VASP code, <br> In DFT,the a, c and u values are 3.286, 5.295, 0.3807, respectively.<br> In DFT+U,the a, c and u values are 3.243, 5.218, 0.3809, respectively.<br>
It seems that the DFT+U correction works pretty well with the vasp code.<br> <br> But when using pwscf in vc-relax mode, I got the fellowing results:<br> In DFT,the a, c and u values are 3.290, 5.305, 0.379, respectively.<br>
In DFT+U,the a, c and u values are 3.292, 5.309, 0.379, respectively.<br> It shows that in pwscf, the DFT+U correction does not much affect the results. also the datas show that there is significant difference in DFT +U results between the two codes.<br>
<br> My input file with pwscf attached to the following. I want to know where I went wrong in the pwscf input file.<br> <br> <br> Any help will be appreciated!<br> <br> J.J. Gong<br> Lanzhou University of technology, China<br>
<br><br>the pwscf input file <br><br> &CONTROL<br>calculation = "vc-relax",<br>restart_mode = "from_scratch",<br>prefix = "ZnO-opt",<br>outdir = "/tmp/",<br>pseudo_dir = "~/pp",<br>
!wf_collect=.TRUE.<br>!etot_conv_thr = 1d-5<br>!forc_conv_thr = 1d-3<br>tstress = .true.<br>tprnfor = .true.<br>/<br>&SYSTEM<br>ibrav=0,<br>celldm(1)=1.88972613,<br>ecutwfc=55, ecutrho=550,<br>nat=4,ntyp=2,<br>lda_plus_U=.true., lda_plus_u_kind = 0, Hubbard_U(1)=4.5, Hubbard_U(2)= 0,<br>
/<br>&ELECTRONS<br>electron_maxstep = 80,<br>mixing_beta=0.5,<br>conv_thr=1D-8,<br>/<br>&ions<br>/<br>&cell<br>/<br><br><br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br> Zn 65.3900 Zn.pbe-van.UPF<br> O 15.9994 o_pbe_v1.2.uspp.F.UPF<br>
<br>CELL_PARAMETERS (alat= 1.88972613)<br> 3.292518870 0.000394478 0.000000646<br> -1.640667267 2.850447665 -0.000000288<br> 0.000001154 0.000000426 5.310381081<br><br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS (crystal)<br>O 0.332685749 0.665993276 0.379582752<br>
O 0.667312132 0.334006494 0.879563839<br>Zn 0.333421586 0.666985007 0.000318706<br>Zn 0.666579130 0.333015022 0.500232704<br>K_POINTS (automatic)<br>4 4 3 1 1 0<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>
JiJun-Gong<br><br>Department of Applied Physics<br>Lanzhou University of Technology<br>Lanzhou<br>China
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