[QE-users] Convergence issue in relaxation calculation - reg

Nithish Sriram MKU-SCHOLAR fos10293 at mkuniversity.org
Tue Dec 19 11:22:17 CET 2023


Hello Jayraj

I am writing the ecutwfc and its corresponding total energy. Can you tell
me which is the best value for ecutwfc in my case.

80     -12952.08956006
90     -12952.88745279
100   -12952.96071448
110   -12952.96310754
120   -12952.96446209
130   -12952.96519803
140   -12952.96579774
150   -12952.96629586

Thank you

On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 12:41 PM Jayraj Anadani <jayrajanadani at spuvvn.edu>
wrote:

> Hello Nithish
> Yes, that is for ecutrho, not for ecutwfc. Pwscf manual clearly mentioned
> all the details. Generally ecutwfc vary from 50 to 150 (you can go beyond
> 100 if you have good computational power) and ecutrho depends on the
> pseudopotential, 4 or 8 time value of ecutwfc.
> Best wishes
>
> Regard
> Jayraj Anadani
>
> On Tue, 19 Dec, 2023, 11:06 am Nithish Sriram MKU-SCHOLAR, <
> fos10293 at mkuniversity.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello Jayraj Anadani
>>
>> I checked for convergence the total energy up to the third decimal with
>> respect to ecutwfc. Isn't it required?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Nithish Sriram
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 7:32 PM Jayraj Anadani <jayrajanadani at spuvvn.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>> First, select appropriate value of ecutwfc, it looks like so much high
>>> in your input file. And remove first number of bands value.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 15 Dec, 2023, 10:06 pm Nithish Sriram MKU-SCHOLAR, <
>>> fos10293 at mkuniversity.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to perform a relaxation calculation on Cu2O supercell (47
>>>> atoms) with a substitutional dopant and Cu vacancy. The forces between
>>>> atoms are not converged. What could possibly be wrong, someone kindly guide
>>>> me. I first performed a relaxation calculation with dopant alone and used
>>>> the relaxed structure to create vacancy.
>>>>
>>>> The input file used for calculation:
>>>>
>>>> &CONTROL
>>>>     calculation     = 'relax',
>>>>     prefix          = 'sriram',
>>>>     verbosity       = 'high'
>>>>     outdir          = '/scratch/nithish.k/out/',
>>>>     pseudo_dir      = './',
>>>>     forc_conv_thr   = 1.d-5,
>>>>     etot_conv_thr   = 1.d-8,
>>>> /
>>>> &SYSTEM
>>>>     a     =  8.60800
>>>>     ibrav = 1
>>>>     nat   = 47
>>>>     ntyp  = 3
>>>>     ecutwfc     = 180
>>>>     occupations = 'smearing'
>>>>     smearing  = 'gaussian'
>>>>     degauss   = 0.001
>>>>     nbnd      = 500
>>>> /
>>>> &ELECTRONS
>>>> conv_thr = 1.D-9
>>>> /
>>>> &IONS
>>>> /
>>>> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>>>> Cu     63.54600  Cu.upf
>>>> Sn    118.71000  Sn.upf
>>>> O      15.99940  O.upf
>>>>
>>>> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
>>>> Cu      0.106542   0.106542   0.357386
>>>> Cu      0.106542   0.357386   0.106542
>>>> Sn      0.375000   0.375000   0.375000
>>>> O       0.226763   0.226763   0.226763
>>>> O      -0.000961  -0.000961  -0.000961
>>>> Cu      0.123285   0.123285   0.872242
>>>> Cu      0.375000   0.124423   0.625577
>>>> Cu      0.124423   0.375000   0.625577
>>>> Cu      0.375000   0.375000   0.875000
>>>> O       0.250092   0.250092   0.750038
>>>> O      -0.003982  -0.003982   0.503812
>>>> Cu      0.124423   0.625577   0.375000
>>>> Cu      0.375000   0.625577   0.124423
>>>> Cu      0.123285   0.872242   0.123285
>>>> Cu      0.375000   0.875000   0.375000
>>>> O       0.250092   0.750038   0.250092
>>>> O      -0.003982   0.503812  -0.003982
>>>> Cu      0.121368   0.628632   0.875000
>>>> Cu      0.392614   0.643458   0.643458
>>>> Cu      0.121368   0.875000   0.628632
>>>> Cu      0.375000   0.875000   0.875000
>>>> O       0.246188   0.753982   0.753982
>>>> O      -0.000038   0.499908   0.499908
>>>> Cu      0.625577   0.124423   0.375000
>>>> Cu      0.872242   0.123285   0.123285
>>>> Cu      0.625577   0.375000   0.124423
>>>> Cu      0.875000   0.375000   0.375000
>>>> O       0.750038   0.250092   0.250092
>>>> O       0.503812  -0.003982  -0.003982
>>>> Cu      0.628632   0.121368   0.875000
>>>> Cu      0.875000   0.121368   0.628632
>>>> Cu      0.643458   0.392614   0.643458
>>>> Cu      0.875000   0.375000   0.875000
>>>> O       0.753982   0.246188   0.753982
>>>> O       0.499908  -0.000038   0.499908
>>>> Cu      0.643458   0.643458   0.392614
>>>> Cu      0.875000   0.628632   0.121368
>>>> Cu      0.628632   0.875000   0.121368
>>>> Cu      0.875000   0.875000   0.375000
>>>> O       0.753982   0.753982   0.246188
>>>> O       0.499908   0.499908  -0.000038
>>>> Cu      0.626715   0.626715   0.877758
>>>> Cu      0.877758   0.626715   0.626715
>>>> Cu      0.626715   0.877758   0.626715
>>>> Cu      0.875000   0.875000   0.875000
>>>> O       0.750961   0.750961   0.750961
>>>> O       0.523237   0.523237   0.523237
>>>>
>>>> K_POINTS {automatic}
>>>>  2 2 2 0 0 0
>>>>
>>>>  HUBBARD atomic
>>>> U Cu-3d 10
>>>> U O-2p  9
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> K. Nithish Sriram
>>>> Research Scholar
>>>> School of Physics
>>>> Madurai Kamaraj University
>>>> India
>>>>
>>>>
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