[CP2K-user] [CP2K:11478] SCF not convergence with DIAGONALIZATION

jiaj... at gmail.com jiaj... at gmail.com
Tue Mar 26 03:31:01 UTC 2019


Hi Travis

You are right, SCF converge now. Thank you very much!

Jiajia

在 2019年3月25日星期一 UTC+8下午11:54:02,Travis写道:
>
> You have turned the dipole correction on. This is typically very slow to 
> converge if starting from an atomic guess, if at all. Re-run without it to 
> generate a better guess, then turn it back on and read in the pre-converged 
> solution wfn file. Similar procedure to running a GGA as a guess for a 
> hybrid functional.
>
> -T
>
>
> On Monday, March 25, 2019 at 7:51:14 AM UTC-4, jia... at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Hi Matthias 
>>  
>> I checked my parameters with NiO bulk, and NiO could successfully 
>> converge. What do you think is the reason why SCF does not converge in the 
>> slab model?
>>
>> 在 2019年3月25日星期一 UTC+8下午4:19:42,Matthias Krack写道:
>>>
>>> Hi Jiajia
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Did you validate your setup successfully for the corresponding NiO bulk 
>>> system, before trying a surface system?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Matthias
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> *From:* cp... at googlegroups.com <cp... at googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of *
>>> jia... at gmail.com
>>> *Sent:* Montag, 25. März 2019 04:09
>>> *To:* cp2k <cp... at googlegroups.com>
>>> *Subject:* [CP2K:11478] SCF not convergence with DIAGONALIZATION
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> *Hi CP2K users,*
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> *I have been trying to do geo_opt calculation for NiO surface, but **SCF 
>>> has not converge. I use follow input :*
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> &GLOBAL
>>>
>>>   PROJECT   Ni 
>>>
>>>   RUN_TYPE GEO_OPT 
>>>
>>>   PRINT_LEVEL MEDIUM
>>>
>>> &END GLOBAL
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> &FORCE_EVAL
>>>
>>>   METHOD QS
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>   &DFT
>>>
>>>     BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_MOLOPT
>>>
>>>     POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME POTENTIAL 
>>>
>>>     SURFACE_DIPOLE_CORRECTION T
>>>
>>>     UKS T
>>>
>>>     CHARGE 0 
>>>
>>>     PLUS_U_METHOD Mulliken
>>>
>>>     MULTIPLICITY 1
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>     &MGRID
>>>
>>>       NGRIDS 4
>>>
>>>       CUTOFF 700
>>>
>>>       REL_CUTOFF 60
>>>
>>>     &END MGRID
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>     &POISSON
>>>
>>>       PERIODIC XYZ
>>>
>>>     &END POISSON
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>     &SCF
>>>
>>>       SCF_GUESS ATOMIC 
>>>
>>>       EPS_SCF   1.0E-5
>>>
>>>       MAX_SCF   200
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>       ADDED_MOS 300
>>>
>>>       CHOLESKY  INVERSE
>>>
>>>       &SMEAR ON
>>>
>>>         METHOD FERMI_DIRAC
>>>
>>>         ELECTRONIC_TEMPERATURE [K] 300
>>>
>>>       &END SMEAR
>>>
>>>       &DIAGONALIZATION
>>>
>>>         ALGORITHM STANDARD
>>>
>>>         EPS_ADAPT 0.01
>>>
>>>       &END DIAGONALIZATION
>>>
>>>       &MIXING
>>>
>>>         METHOD BROYDEN_MIXING
>>>
>>>         ALPHA 0.05
>>>
>>>         NBROYDEN 8
>>>
>>>       &END MIXING
>>>
>>>       &OUTER_SCF
>>>
>>>         EPS_SCF 1.0E-4
>>>
>>>         MAX_SCF 1
>>>
>>>       &END OUTER_SCF
>>>
>>>     &END SCF
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>     &XC
>>>
>>>       &XC_FUNCTIONAL 
>>>
>>>         &PBE
>>>
>>>           PARAMETRIZATION ORIG 
>>>
>>>         &END PBE
>>>
>>>       &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
>>>
>>>       &VDW_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>         POTENTIAL_TYPE PAIR_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>          &PAIR_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>            TYPE DFTD3
>>>
>>>            PARAMETER_FILE_NAME ./dftd3.dat
>>>
>>>            REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE
>>>
>>>            CALCULATE_C9_TERM T
>>>
>>>          &END PAIR_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>       &END VDW_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>     &END XC
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>     &PRINT
>>>
>>>       &PDOS
>>>
>>>         NLUMO -1
>>>
>>>          &LDOS
>>>
>>>           LIST 1..200
>>>
>>>          &END LDOS  
>>>
>>>       &END
>>>
>>>       &MO 
>>>
>>>         EIGENVALUES TRUE
>>>
>>>         EIGENVECTORS TRUE
>>>
>>>         FILENAME MO
>>>
>>>         &EACH
>>>
>>>           QS_SCF 0
>>>
>>>         &END EACH
>>>
>>>       &END MO
>>>
>>>       &PLUS_U on
>>>
>>>        &EACH
>>>
>>>         QS_SCF 1
>>>
>>>        &END EACH
>>>
>>>      &END PLUS_U
>>>
>>>     &END PRINT
>>>
>>>   &END DFT
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>   &SUBSYS
>>>
>>>     &CELL
>>>
>>>       ABC 14.7375 14.7375 36.2526
>>>
>>>       ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90.0000 90.0000 90.0000
>>>
>>>       PERIODIC XYZ
>>>
>>>     &END CELL
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>     &KIND Ni1
>>>
>>>       ELEMENT Ni 
>>>
>>>       BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
>>>
>>>       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE
>>>
>>>       &DFT_PLUS_U
>>>
>>>         U_MINUS_J [eV] 1.0
>>>
>>>         L 2
>>>
>>>       &END DFT_PLUS_U
>>>
>>>        &BS
>>>
>>>         &ALPHA
>>>
>>>           NEL  2  -2
>>>
>>>           L    2   0
>>>
>>>           N    3   4
>>>
>>>         &END ALPHA
>>>
>>>         &BETA
>>>
>>>           NEL -2  -2
>>>
>>>           L    2   0
>>>
>>>           N    3   4
>>>
>>>         &END BETA
>>>
>>>       &END BS
>>>
>>>     &END KIND                       
>>>
>>>                                      
>>>
>>>     &KIND Ni2                       
>>>
>>>       ELEMENT Ni                     
>>>
>>>       BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH   
>>>
>>>       POTENTIAL GTH-PBE              
>>>
>>>       &DFT_PLUS_U                    
>>>
>>>         U_MINUS_J [eV] 1.0           
>>>
>>>         L 2                          
>>>
>>>       &END DFT_PLUS_U                
>>>
>>>       &BS                                
>>>
>>>         &ALPHA                           
>>>
>>>           NEL -2  -2                     
>>>
>>>           L    2   0                     
>>>
>>>           N    3   4                     
>>>
>>>         &END ALPHA                             
>>>
>>>         &BETA                            
>>>
>>>           NEL  2  -2                     
>>>
>>>           L    2   0                     
>>>
>>>           N    3   4                     
>>>
>>>        &END BETA                              
>>>
>>>       &END BS                           
>>>
>>>     &END KIND                               
>>>
>>>                                                 
>>>
>>>      &KIND O                                    
>>>
>>>        ELEMENT O                                
>>>
>>>        BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH             
>>>
>>>        POTENTIAL GTH-PBE                        
>>>
>>>        &BS                                      
>>>
>>>          &ALPHA                                 
>>>
>>>           N    2                                 
>>>
>>>           L    1                                   
>>>
>>>           NEL +2                                
>>>
>>>          &END ALPHA                             
>>>
>>>          &BETA                                  
>>>
>>>           N    2                                   
>>>
>>>           L    1                                   
>>>
>>>           NEL +2                                
>>>
>>>          &END BETA                              
>>>
>>>       &END BS                                   
>>>
>>>      &END KIND                                  
>>>
>>>                                                 
>>>
>>>      &TOPOLOGY                                  
>>>
>>>        COORD_FILE_FORMAT XYZ                    
>>>
>>>        COORD_FILE_NAME  Ni_surface.xyz          
>>>
>>>      &END TOPOLOGY                              
>>>
>>>                                                 
>>>
>>>    &END SUBSYS                                  
>>>
>>>  &END FORCE_EVAL                                
>>>
>>>                                                 
>>>
>>>  &MOTION                                        
>>>
>>>    &CONSTRAINT                                  
>>>
>>>       &FIXED_ATOMS                              
>>>
>>>         COMPONENTS_TO_FIX  XYZ                  
>>>
>>>         LIST 1..15                              
>>>
>>>         LIST 31..40                             
>>>
>>>         LIST 51..62                             
>>>
>>>         LIST 75..87                             
>>>
>>>         LIST 101..115                           
>>>
>>>         LIST 131..140                           
>>>
>>>         LIST 151..163                           
>>>
>>>         LIST 177..188                           
>>>
>>>       &END FIXED_ATOMS                          
>>>
>>>    &END CONSTRAINT
>>>
>>>    &GEO_OPT                                              
>>>
>>>     TYPE MINIMIZATION                                    
>>>
>>>     MAX_ITER 500             
>>>
>>>     OPTIMIZER LBFGS            
>>>
>>>    &END GEO_OPT                 
>>>
>>>  &END MOTION        
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> *Can you pleas help me?Thanks.*
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> *Best,*
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> *Jiajia*
>>>
>>>        
>>>
>>>  
>>>
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