[QE-users] Convergence Not Achived in one-step SCF Calculation

Wenda Wu wenda.wu at usu.edu
Tue Sep 27 21:06:31 CEST 2022


Dear Quantum Espresso users and developers,

This is Wenda Wu. I have encountered a problem in a scf calculation using QE 7.0 version software. I have made a cavity in a solvent and tried to use one-step scf calculation to get the energy of the system. However, I'm always running into 'convergence not achieved' issue no matter how I change the input geometry. I also tried to extend the number of iterations to 1000, but the estimated scf accuracy in each step was larger than 1.0 Ry.

The input file is attached below as plain text. Please let me know how I can modify the input to get it through. Your generous help will be highly appreciated!
----------
&control
   calculation = 'scf'
   prefix = 'Bz2VI2-sol-1-100-water-cav-scf'
   pseudo_dir = 'pseudo_potentials/'
   outdir = 'Bz2VI2-sol-1-100-water-cav-scf'
   nstep = 1
   tstress = true
/
&system
   ibrav = 0
   nat = 300
   ntyp = 2
   ecutwfc = 50.D0
   ecutrho = 300.D0
   occupations = 'smearing'
   smearing = 'gaussian'
   degauss = 0.01
/
&electrons
   conv_thr = 1.D-6
   mixing_beta = 0.7D0
   electron_maxstep = 500
/

ATOMIC_SPECIES
H 1.000 H.pbe-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF
O 16.000 O.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF

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K_POINTS {Gamma}

CELL_PARAMETERS angstrom
16.5650000000    0.0000000000    0.0000000000
 0.0000000000   15.9410000000    0.0000000000
 0.0000000000    0.0000000000   16.2620000000
----------

Thanks in advanced!

Sincerely yours,
Wenda Wu
PhD Student

Office: Widstoe Hall 306
Tel: 435-799-7818

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Utah State University
0300 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT, 84322-0300
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