[QE-users] Unexpected adsorption energy

Mohamed Safy msafy505 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 5 21:04:54 CET 2018


Thanks for your valuable information but I have experimental results which
indicate the presence of adsorption. is this can be considered a
conflict?.  I tried to validate the method using a smaller system. I
studied the adsorption of H2 on Graphene.
The adsorption energy was 17.17 kcal/mol.
the systems are below
Complex
&CONTROL
    calculation   = "scf"
    forc_conv_thr =  1.00000e-03
    max_seconds   =  1.72800e+05
    nstep         = 1000
    verbosity='high'
    restart_mode='from_scratch'
    iprint=1
    tprnfor=.true.
 pseudo_dir = '/lfs01/workdirs/val/Test/pseudo',
outdir='/lfs01/workdirs/val/Test/Out/C',
/

&SYSTEM
    a     =  7.40525e+00
    c     =  9.99906e+00
    ibrav = 4
    nat   = 19
    ntyp  = 2
    ecutwfc = 45.0 ,
ecutrho = 450.0 ,
input_DFT = 'PBE-D2' ,
occupations = 'smearing' ,
degauss = 1.0d-4 ,
vdw_corr = 'Grimme-D2'
assume_isolated = 'mt'
smearing = 'marzari-vanderbilt' ,
/

&ELECTRONS
conv_thr = 1.0d-7 ,
electron_maxstep = 1000
mixing_mode = 'plain' ,
mixing_beta = 0.3d0 ,
/

&IONS
ion_dynamics='bfgs'
upscale=20.0
/

&CELL
/

K_POINTS {automatic}
 3  3  3  0 0 0

ATOMIC_SPECIES
C      12.01070  C.pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
H       1.00794  H.pbe-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
ATOMIC_POSITIONS {angstrom}
C        1.280642168   0.685951341  -0.000431048
C       -1.236653977   3.539880413  -0.001566184
C       -0.000377617   2.903279130  -0.002911997
C       -2.489554615   5.710262290  -0.000852594
C       -1.229721248   4.990709007  -0.000338911
C        2.449440629   1.438897112   0.002319254
C        3.702198081   0.707454065  -0.001265064
C        1.236237242   3.539760579   0.000958837
C        2.478517989   2.856386275   0.004841971
C       -0.000246038   5.700684987  -0.000997560
C        1.229347070   4.990770096  -0.000716604
C        4.955272233   1.438694069  -0.002138838
C        6.124721243   0.686321393   0.000987763
C        3.702044434   3.562937903   0.001926384
C        4.925831271   2.856536000  -0.001755553
C        2.489209922   5.710445901  -0.000342579
C        3.702309214   4.976078918  -0.000048704
H        3.360489134   2.350036356  -3.014528460
H        2.719672863   2.741584163  -3.037540110


Graphen
&CONTROL
    calculation   = "scf"
    forc_conv_thr =  1.00000e-03
    max_seconds   =  1.72800e+05
    nstep         = 1000
    verbosity='high'
    restart_mode='from_scratch'
    iprint=1
    tprnfor=.true.
 pseudo_dir = '/lfs01/Val/cairo010u1/Test/pseudo',
outdir='/lfs01/workdirs/Val/Test/Out/G',
/

&SYSTEM
    a     =  7.40525e+00
    c     =  9.99906e+00
    ibrav = 4
    nat   = 17
    ntyp  = 1
    ecutwfc = 45.0 ,
ecutrho = 450.0 ,
input_DFT = 'PBE-D2' ,
occupations = 'smearing' ,
degauss = 1.0d-4 ,
vdw_corr = 'Grimme-D2'
assume_isolated = 'mt'
smearing = 'marzari-vanderbilt' ,
/

&ELECTRONS
conv_thr = 1.0d-10 ,
electron_maxstep = 1000
mixing_mode = 'plain' ,
mixing_beta = 0.3d0 ,
/

&IONS
ion_dynamics='bfgs'
upscale=20.0
/

&CELL
/

K_POINTS {automatic}
 3  3  3  0 0 0

ATOMIC_SPECIES
C      12.01070  C.pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF

ATOMIC_POSITIONS {angstrom}
C        1.280642168   0.685951341  -0.000431048
C       -1.236653977   3.539880413  -0.001566184
C       -0.000377617   2.903279130  -0.002911997
C       -2.489554615   5.710262290  -0.000852594
C       -1.229721248   4.990709007  -0.000338911
C        2.449440629   1.438897112   0.002319254
C        3.702198081   0.707454065  -0.001265064
C        1.236237242   3.539760579   0.000958837
C        2.478517989   2.856386275   0.004841971
C       -0.000246038   5.700684987  -0.000997560
C        1.229347070   4.990770096  -0.000716604
C        4.955272233   1.438694069  -0.002138838
C        6.124721243   0.686321393   0.000987763
C        3.702044434   3.562937903   0.001926384
C        4.925831271   2.856536000  -0.001755553
C        2.489209922   5.710445901  -0.000342579
C        3.702309214   4.976078918  -0.000048704



Hydrogen
&CONTROL
    calculation   = "scf"
    forc_conv_thr =  1.00000e-03
    max_seconds   =  1.72800e+05
    nstep         = 1000
    verbosity='high'
    restart_mode='from_scratch'
    iprint=1
    tprnfor=.true.
 pseudo_dir = '/lfs01/workdirs/Val/Test/pseudo',
outdir='/lfs01/workdirs/Val/Test/Out/HY',
/

&SYSTEM
    a     =  7.40525e+00
    c     =  9.99906e+00
    ibrav = 4
    nat   = 2
    ntyp  = 1
    ecutwfc = 45.0 ,
ecutrho = 450.0 ,
input_DFT = 'PBE-D2' ,
occupations = 'smearing' ,
degauss = 1.0d-4 ,
vdw_corr = 'Grimme-D2'
assume_isolated = 'mt'
smearing = 'marzari-vanderbilt' ,

/

&ELECTRONS
conv_thr = 1.0d-7 ,
electron_maxstep = 1000
mixing_mode = 'plain' ,
mixing_beta = 0.3d0 ,
/

&IONS
ion_dynamics='bfgs'
upscale=20.0
/

&CELL
/

K_POINTS {automatic}
 3  3  3  0 0 0

ATOMIC_SPECIES
H       1.00794  H.pbe-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
ATOMIC_POSITIONS {angstrom}
H        3.360489134   2.350036356  -3.014528460
H        2.719672863   2.741584163  -3.037540110


On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 at 21:09, Stefano Baroni <baroni at sissa.it> wrote:

> I know nothing about your system, but what you report simply seem the
> evidence of an endothermal adsorption, stabilized by a  energy barrier.
> Have you got strong reasons to believe that this cannot be the case?
> Regards, Stefano B
>
> ___
> Stefano Baroni, Trieste -- http://stefano.baroni.me
>
> > On 5 Dec 2018, at 18:45, Mohamed Safy <msafy505 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear QE users
> > I am trying to study the adsorption of a negatively charged molecule on
> a core of polymer. The relaxed cell showed the formation of four hydrogen
> bonds (with O...H distance range between 1.7 and 1.95 angstrom). But, when
> I calculated the adsorption energy I found it a positive value (44
> kcal/mol). any advice or suggestion please.
> > Thanks in advance
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