[QE-users] Slow convergence

BARRETEAU Cyrille cyrille.barreteau at cea.fr
Thu Mar 24 13:36:30 CET 2022


Hi


Some while ago we also faced some weird behaviour with W pseudo.

They worked for bulk systems but failed for surfaces or interfaces (with Fe).


We found one old pseudo from the original QE PP table that worked.
> https://www.quantum-espresso.org/upf_files/W.pbe-nsp-van.UPF


We finally decided to use NC pseudo dojo that worked fine also since we also wanted to perform SOC calculations.


Cyrille


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De : users <users-bounces at lists.quantum-espresso.org> de la part de Максим Арсентьев <ars21031960 at gmail.com>
Envoyé : jeudi 24 mars 2022 13:25:18
À : Paolo Giannozzi
Cc : Quantum ESPRESSO users Forum
Objet : Re: [QE-users] Slow convergence

Ok, thanks.

чт, 24 мар. 2022 г. в 14:23, Paolo Giannozzi <p.giannozzi at gmail.com<mailto:p.giannozzi at gmail.com>>:
It seems to work (= to yield apparently sensible results) if W.pbe-spn-rrkjus_psl.0.2.3.UPF is replaced by W.pbe-spfn-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF (but not by W.pbe-spn-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF)

Paolo

On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 11:30 AM Paolo Giannozzi <p.giannozzi at gmail.com<mailto:p.giannozzi at gmail.com>> wrote:
The convergence is not "slow", it's non-existent. There is nothing wrong in your input: self-consistency starts well. Note however what happens at iteration 6: there is an abnormally large jump in the scf error. The only reason I can think of is that one of the pseudopotentials is bad (bad = has a ghost state) . Try to change pseudopotentials, one at the time.

Paolo

On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 9:50 PM Максим Арсентьев <ars21031960 at gmail.com<mailto:ars21031960 at gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello everyone. I am trying to perform a vc-relax run using the pw.x code for tungsten niobate. I use ultrasoft pbe files from http://theossrv1.epfl.ch/Main/Pseudopotentials . The convergence is slow. Is something wrong in my input file

Best wishes,
Max


 &control
    prefix='NbWO',
    calculation = 'vc-relax',
    restart_mode = 'from_scratch'
    pseudo_dir='/home/mxm2/Documents/internal_and_full_opt/NbWO',
    outdir = '/home/mxm2/Documents/internal_and_full_opt/NbWO/temp',
    forc_conv_thr = 3.8d-4 ,
    nstep = 99,
    etot_conv_thr = 1.0d-4 ,
 /
 &system
    ibrav=  0, nat= 122, ntyp= 3,
    celldm(1)=1.889726,
    ecutwfc = 35.0,
    occupations ='smearing', smearing ='gaussian',
    degauss=0.02,
 /
 &electrons
    conv_thr = 1e-6,
    mixing_beta=0.3,
    electron_maxstep=500
 /
 &ions
 /
  &cell
 /
ATOMIC_SPECIES
Nb   92.906    Nb.pbe-spn-rrkjus_psl.0.3.0.UPF
O    15.999     O.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.0.1.UPF
W   183.84      W.pbe-spn-rrkjus_psl.0.2.3.UPF
ATOMIC_POSITIONS (crystal)
Nb 0.46384 0.37332 0.46914
Nb 0.53616 0.62668 0.46914
Nb 0.30402 0.28755 0.50016
Nb 0.69598 0.71245 0.50016
Nb 0.78727 0.194 0.99492
Nb 0.21272 0.806 0.99492
Nb 0.71678 0.94725 0.99154
Nb 0.28322 0.05275 0.99154
Nb 0.44538 0.78418 0.50708
Nb 0.55462 0.21582 0.50708
Nb 0.60646 0.87207 0.48962
Nb 0.39354 0.12793 0.48962
Nb 0.37259 0.89382 0.00976
Nb 0.62741 0.10618 0.00976
Nb 0.96384 0.87332 0.96914
Nb 0.03616 0.12668 0.96914
Nb 0.80402 0.78755 0.00016
Nb 0.19598 0.21245 0.00016
Nb 0.28728 0.694 0.49492
Nb 0.71273 0.306 0.49492
Nb 0.21678 0.44725 0.49154
Nb 0.78322 0.55275 0.49154
Nb 0.94538 0.28418 0.00708
Nb 0.05462 0.71582 0.00708
Nb 0.10646 0.37207 0.98962
Nb 0.89354 0.62793 0.98962
Nb 0.87259 0.39382 0.50976
Nb 0.12741 0.60618 0.50976
O 0.46597 0.3783 0.99454
O 0.53403 0.6217 0.99454
O 0.86959 0.03688 0.50851
O 0.13041 0.96312 0.50851
O 0.91584 0.95689 0.00346
O 0.08416 0.04311 0.00346
O 0.45097 0.58093 0.50343
O 0.54903 0.41907 0.50343
O 0.38249 0.32729 0.49949
O 0.61751 0.67271 0.49949
O 0.82643 0.11647 0.99726
O 0.17357 0.88353 0.99726
O 0.79094 0.992 0.99589
O 0.20906 0.008 0.99589
O 0.49061 0.70902 0.50312
O 0.50939 0.29098 0.50312
O 0.28502 0.27115 0.99848
O 0.71498 0.72885 0.99848
O 0.77143 0.21412 0.49854
O 0.22857 0.78588 0.49854
O 0.75631 0.86378 0.99729
O 0.24369 0.13622 0.99729
O 0.36389 0.74402 0.5024
O 0.63611 0.25598 0.5024
O 0.69451 0.93577 0.49434
O 0.30549 0.06423 0.49434
O 0.43555 0.80655 0.00484
O 0.56445 0.19345 0.00484
O 0.65356 0.79887 0.49582
O 0.34644 0.20113 0.49582
O 0.29982 0.84627 0.00333
O 0.70017 0.15373 0.00333
O 0.6236 0.89265 0.9933
O 0.3764 0.10735 0.9933
O 0.39318 0.87688 0.50597
O 0.60682 0.12312 0.50597
O 0.5611 0.96377 0.49359
O 0.4389 0.03623 0.49359
O 0.46397 0.939 0.00552
O 0.53603 0.061 0.00552
O 0.52684 0.83629 0.49854
O 0.47316 0.16371 0.49854
O 0.3369 0.9734 0.00109
O 0.6631 0.0266 0.00109
O 0.96597 0.8783 0.49454
O 0.03403 0.1217 0.49454
O 0.36959 0.53688 0.00851
O 0.63041 0.46312 0.00851
O 0.41584 0.45689 0.50345
O 0.58416 0.54311 0.50345
O 0.95097 0.08093 0.00343
O 0.04903 0.91907 0.00343
O 0.88249 0.82729 0.99949
O 0.11751 0.17271 0.99949
O 0.32643 0.61647 0.49726
O 0.67357 0.38353 0.49726
O 0.29094 0.492 0.49589
O 0.70906 0.508 0.49589
O 0.99061 0.20902 0.00312
O 0.00939 0.79098 0.00312
O 0.78502 0.77115 0.49848
O 0.21498 0.22885 0.49848
O 0.27143 0.71412 0.99854
O 0.72857 0.28588 0.99854
O 0.25631 0.36378 0.49729
O 0.74369 0.63622 0.49729
O 0.86389 0.24402 0.0024
O 0.13611 0.75598 0.0024
O 0.19451 0.43577 0.99433
O 0.80549 0.56423 0.99433
O 0.93555 0.30655 0.50484
O 0.06445 0.69345 0.50484
O 0.15356 0.29887 0.99582
O 0.84644 0.70113 0.99582
O 0.79982 0.34627 0.50333
O 0.20017 0.65373 0.50333
O 0.1236 0.39265 0.4933
O 0.8764 0.60735 0.4933
O 0.89318 0.37688 0.00597
O 0.10682 0.62312 0.00597
O 0.0611 0.46377 0.99359
O 0.9389 0.53623 0.99359
O 0.96397 0.439 0.50552
O 0.03603 0.561 0.50552
O 0.02684 0.33629 0.99854
O 0.97316 0.66371 0.99854
O 0.8369 0.4734 0.50109
O 0.1631 0.5266 0.50109
W 0.5 0 0.74844
W 0.87802 0.03479 0.0398
W 0.12198 0.96521 0.0398
W 0 0.5 0.24844
W 0.37802 0.53479 0.5398
W 0.62198 0.46521 0.5398
CELL_PARAMETERS (alat)
20.9817010000    0.0000000000     0.0000000000
 0.0175589792   20.9607926454     0.0000000000
 0.0000000000    0.0000000000     3.8232100000
K_POINTS {automatic}
 1 1 5 0 0 0
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