<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Vipul,<br></div>There could be two main explanations for your results:<br></div>-A problem with the k-points you useĀ to compute the bandstrucure: the grid for the cell and supercell must be consistent<br></div>-An error in the supercell. Try comparing total energies: does the supercell have 8 times the total energy of the cell?<br></div>Best,<br></div>Dario Rocca<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Vipul Shivaji Ghemud <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vipul@physics.unipune.ac.in" target="_blank">vipul@physics.unipune.ac.in</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I have been using 8*8*8 for unit cell and 4*4*4 for supercell as my<br>
supercell is 2*2*2 unit cell.<br>
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> Dear Vipul,<br>
> how many k-points did you use for the cell and for the supercell<br>
> Best<br>
> Dario<br>
<br>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Vipul Shivaji Ghemud <<br>
> <a href="mailto:vipul@physics.unipune.ac.in">vipul@physics.unipune.ac.in</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi all,<br>
> I am working on a system of 9atoms in a unit-cell having bandgap of 3.5eV;<br>
> but I am considering the super-cell(4 unit-cells) then the bandgap is<br>
> reduced by ~0.45eV for HSE06. The bandgaps are similar with GGA. Is it due<br>
> to the exchnage-correlation contribution of the increased number of<br>
> electrons in the system, as the code QE considers unit-cell and super-cell<br>
> both a a single system? It's a bulk cubic system. I am facing similar<br>
> problem with other systems also.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Vipul S. Ghemud<br>
> Ph.D. student.<br>
> Dept of Physics,<br>
> SPPU, Ganeshkhind,<br>
> Pune- 411007.<br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Vipul S. Ghemud<br>
Ph.D. student.<br>
Dept of Physics,<br>
SPPU, Ganeshkhind,<br>
Pune- 411007.<br>
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