DMOL中的.outmol文件确实给出了带隙值,而且还是3个,如下:
within the k-points mesh accuracy this solid is an insulator or semiconductor
DFT energy gap: 0.01 eV indirect ! upper limit from sampling with scf k-mesh
valence band edge at 0.444 0.444 0.444 in fractional units of recip
conduction band edge at 0.000 0.000 0.000
df ATOMIC COORDINATES (au) DERIVATIVES (au)
df x y z x y z
df Ni 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df Ni 0.000000 4.014405 4.014405 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df Ni 4.014405 0.000000 4.014405 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df Ni 4.014405 4.014405 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 4.014405 4.014405 4.014405 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 4.014405 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 0.000000 4.014405 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 0.000000 0.000000 4.014405 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df binding energy -1.6347149Ha -44.48287eV -1025.820kcal/mol
Total Energy Binding E Time Iter
Ef -6364.025407Ha -1.6347149Ha 15.5m 9
Crystal symmetry: full cubic group
with inversion symmetry
Crystal symmetry: full cubic group
with inversion symmetry
type Max Gradient Displacement Energy change Time Cycle Hessmin
Opt Cartes 0.000000au 0.000000au -0.0147963Ha 15.5m 1 0.96881
Optimisation of atomic coordinates is already converged
Lat_sc 1dim 1.01926 -1.6347149
ck_Out NiO.incoor
Total Energy Binding E Cnvgnce Time Iter
Ef -6364.023295Ha -1.6326036Ha 1.41E-02 15.8m 1
Ef -6364.026465Ha -1.6357731Ha 1.80E-02 16.0m 2
Ef -6364.024407Ha -1.6337150Ha 9.93E-03 16.2m 3
Ef -6364.024686Ha -1.6339942Ha 9.70E-03 16.5m 4
Ef -6364.024428Ha -1.6337365Ha 6.42E-04 16.7m 5
Ef -6364.024426Ha -1.6337339Ha 8.18E-04 16.9m 6
Ef -6364.024443Ha -1.6337515Ha 5.14E-05 17.1m 7
Ef -6364.024444Ha -1.6337518Ha 1.04E-05 17.3m 8
Ef -6364.024444Ha -1.6337521Ha 4.18E-06 17.5m 9
Message: SCF converged
Fermi Energy -0.187190 Ha -5.094 eV
within the k-points mesh accuracy this solid is an insulator or semiconductor
DFT energy gap: 0.11 eV indirect ! upper limit from sampling with scf k-mesh
valence band edge at 0.444 0.444 0.444 in fractional units of recip
conduction band edge at 0.000 0.000 0.000
df ATOMIC COORDINATES (au) DERIVATIVES (au)
df x y z x y z
df Ni 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df Ni 0.000000 4.054549 4.054549 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df Ni 4.054549 0.000000 4.054549 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df Ni 4.054549 4.054549 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 4.054549 4.054549 4.054549 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 4.054549 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 0.000000 4.054549 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 0.000000 0.000000 4.054549 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df binding energy -1.6337519Ha -44.45667eV -1025.215kcal/mol
Total Energy Binding E Time Iter
Ef -6364.024444Ha -1.6337519Ha 17.8m 10
Crystal symmetry: full cubic group
with inversion symmetry
Crystal symmetry: full cubic group
with inversion symmetry
type Max Gradient Displacement Energy change Time Cycle Hessmin
Opt Cartes 0.000000au 0.000000au 0.0009629Ha 17.8m 1 0.96880
Optimisation of atomic coordinates is already converged
Lat_sc 1dim 1.02945 -1.6337519
ck_Out NiO.incoor
Total Energy Binding E Cnvgnce Time Iter
Ef -6364.022222Ha -1.6315304Ha 1.40E-02 18.1m 1
Ef -6364.023435Ha -1.6327430Ha 1.83E-02 18.3m 2
Ef -6364.023740Ha -1.6330477Ha 9.12E-03 18.5m 3
Ef -6364.023588Ha -1.6328966Ha 9.89E-03 18.8m 4
Ef -6364.023397Ha -1.6327053Ha 1.06E-03 19.1m 5
Ef -6364.023402Ha -1.6327099Ha 9.91E-04 19.3m 6
Ef -6364.023379Ha -1.6326875Ha 2.25E-04 19.6m 7
Ef -6364.023375Ha -1.6326830Ha 2.48E-05 19.8m 8
Ef -6364.023376Ha -1.6326837Ha 9.95E-06 20.1m 9
Message: SCF converged
Fermi Energy -0.182643 Ha -4.970 eV
this solid is a metal
with density of states at Fermi energy: 2.99 states/per unit cell and eV
df ATOMIC COORDINATES (au) DERIVATIVES (au)
df x y z x y z
df Ni 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df Ni 0.000000 3.974261 3.974261 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df Ni 3.974261 0.000000 3.974261 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df Ni 3.974261 3.974261 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 3.974261 3.974261 3.974261 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 3.974261 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 0.000000 3.974261 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df O 0.000000 0.000000 3.974261 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
df binding energy -1.6326837Ha -44.42760eV -1024.545kcal/mol
Total Energy Binding E Time Iter
Ef -6364.023375Ha -1.6326837Ha 20.4m 10
Crystal symmetry: full cubic group
with inversion symmetry
Crystal symmetry: full cubic group
with inversion symmetry
type Max Gradient Displacement Energy change Time Cycle Hessmin
Opt Cartes 0.000000au 0.000000au 0.0010683Ha 20.4m 1 0.96876
Total Energy Binding E Cnvgnce Time Iter
Ef -6364.025414Ha -1.6347226Ha 2.52E-03 20.7m 1
Ef -6364.025661Ha -1.6349690Ha 3.19E-03 21.0m 2
Ef -6364.025413Ha -1.6347216Ha 1.65E-03 21.2m 3
Ef -6364.025468Ha -1.6347764Ha 1.82E-03 21.5m 4
Ef -6364.025452Ha -1.6347604Ha 9.25E-05 21.7m 5
Ef -6364.025451Ha -1.6347595Ha 3.67E-05 22.0m 6
Ef -6364.025452Ha -1.6347605Ha 1.10E-05 22.2m 7
Ef -6364.025452Ha -1.6347602Ha 2.17E-06 22.5m 8
Message: SCF converged
Fermi Energy -0.185977 Ha -5.061 eV
within the k-points mesh accuracy this solid is an insulator or semiconductor
DFT energy gap: 0.03 eV indirect ! upper limit from sampling with scf k-mesh
valence band edge at 0.444 0.444 0.444 in fractional units of recip
conduction band edge at 0.000 0.000 0.000
这个该怎么判断哪个是正确值?
我在小木虫上也看了许多+U的相关问题,而我计算的也是过渡金属。我也试着利用CASTEP的LDA+U计算,但是LDA+U有个问题,它只能计算Setup下的Energy项,并且我在Properties里勾选了计算带隙的density of state,结果输出文件中根本没有带隙值,为了防止是带隙为0这种情况,我利用Analysis绘制带隙,发现View按钮为灰色,意味着根本不能绘制带隙图。另外一个问题就是,利用+U也不能优化晶格了,所以对于+U很矛盾。