<div dir="ltr">Thanks Giuseppe for your reply. <div>Yes I do agree that there is a large dipole. But I also tried to apply the dipole correction (input attached ), but still it is not converging. This time I am using 20 Angstrom vacuum. But still its not converging.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Giuseppe Mattioli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it" target="_blank">giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Dear Bipul<br>
I've tried to run your input file, and I suppose that your calculation does not converge because of the strong vertical dipole related to the 0001<br>
wurtzite slab, which you could try to visualize by calculating the planar average of the KS potential. My suggestion is to increase the vacuum to<br>
decouple the images, but it could be not sufficient, because the dipole should be quite strong. This is also a good reason for strange work-function<br>
numbers. AFAIK the polar ZnO surfaces are rarely exposed in real systems. The most stable and common surface is the nonpolar (10-10) one, which does<br>
not usually show any convergence problem. Buy you know what surface you need...<br>
HTH<br>
Giuseppe<br>
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On Friday, May 08, 2015 12:29:25 AM Bipul Rakshit wrote:<br>
> Dear users,<br>
> I am doing ZnO slab calculation with 12 Double layer of ZnO. Since ZnO is a<br>
> wide band-gap material, so I am using occupation=fixed. I attached my input<br>
> also.<br>
> But why the calculation is not converging?<br>
><br>
> But when I am using occupation=smearing, it do converge. But it gives a<br>
> work function of 3.47 eV after applying the dipole correction.<br>
><br>
> So what mistake I am doing?<br>
><br>
> Please help me in this regards<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dr. Bipul Rakshit<br>Research Associate,<br>Institute of Physics (IOP),<br>Bhubaneswar- <span>751 005</span></div><div>Orissa <br></div><div>India</div></div></div>
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