[Pw_forum] Problem on HSE bandgap caluculation

LEUNG Clarence liangxy123 at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 15 10:25:03 CEST 2017


Dear All,


Now, I want to use HSE functional to calculate the band structure of monolayer arsenic, but the band gap is much smaller than previous report (2eV).


I have try to change some parameters. But the results are not good.


EXX= 0.25,  ecutwfc=30,  gap=1.15eV,

EXX=0.35,  ecutwfc=30,  gap=0.89eV,

EXX=0.15,  ecutwfc=30,  gap=1.40eV,

EXX=0.10,  ecutwfc=30,  gap=1.56eV,

EXX=0.05,  ecutwfc=30,  gap=1.63eV,

EXX=0.25,  ecutwfc=60,  gap=1.15eV,



The psudo-potential is norm-conserving:

 As 74.921600d0 As.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF


And the input file as follow:



&CONTROL
  calculation='scf' ,
  verbosity='low',
  etot_conv_thr = 1.0D-5 ,
  forc_conv_thr = 1.0D-4 ,
  nstep = 200 ,
  tstress = .false. ,
  tprnfor = .false. ,
  max_seconds = 320000 ,
  wf_collect = .true. ,
/

&SYSTEM
  ibrav=0,
  celldm(1)=27.2266448794d0,
  nat=32,
  ntyp=1,
  ecutwfc=30,
  input_dft='hse',
  occupations='smearing',
  smearing = 'gaussian' ,
  degauss = 0.02 ,
  nosym = .true. ,
  vdw_corr = 'DFT-D' ,
  nqx1 = 1,
  nqx2 = 1 ,
  nqx3 = 1 ,
  exx_fraction = 0.05,
/

&ELECTRONS
  conv_thr=1d-06,
  mixing_beta=0.3d0,
  electron_maxstep = 1000 ,
/
&IONS
  ion_dynamics = 'bfgs',
  bfgs_ndim = 3 ,
/
ATOMIC_SPECIES
  As 74.921600d0 As.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF

ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
As       0.083333304   0.041666531   0.465177578
As       0.166666686   0.208333294   0.534822422
As       0.083333418   0.291666706   0.465177578
As       0.166666800   0.458333469   0.534822384
As       0.333333200   0.041666531   0.465177578
As       0.416666582   0.208333294   0.534822422
As       0.333333366   0.291666706   0.465177578
As       0.416666748   0.458333469   0.534822384
As       0.083333304   0.541666531   0.465177578
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As       0.083333418   0.791666706   0.465177578
As       0.166666800   0.958333469   0.534822384
As       0.333333200   0.541666531   0.465177578
As       0.416666582   0.708333294   0.534822422
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As       0.416666748   0.958333469   0.534822384
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As       0.666666686   0.208333294   0.534822422
As       0.583333418   0.291666706   0.465177578
As       0.666666800   0.458333469   0.534822384
As       0.833333200   0.041666531   0.465177578
As       0.916666582   0.208333294   0.534822422
As       0.833333366   0.291666706   0.465177578
As       0.916666748   0.458333469   0.534822384
As       0.583333304   0.541666531   0.465177578
As       0.666666686   0.708333294   0.534822422
As       0.583333418   0.791666706   0.465177578
As       0.666666800   0.958333469   0.534822384
As       0.833333200   0.541666531   0.465177578
As       0.916666582   0.708333294   0.534822422
As       0.833333366   0.791666706   0.465177578
As       0.916666748   0.958333469   0.534822384

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CELL_PARAMETERS {alat}
  1.000000000000d0  0.000000000000d0  0.000000000000d0
  -0.500000000000d0  0.866024603476d0  0.000000000000d0
  0.000000000000d0  0.000000000000d0  1.388144689097d0

Best regards,
Clarence
CityU university of Hong Kong


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