[CP2K-user] [CP2K:13871] Need advice on bulk metal system calculations

fa...@gmail.com fabia... at gmail.com
Tue Sep 15 15:08:58 UTC 2020


Dear Stephan,

With k-points enabled you have to use diagonalization instead of OT (as is 
done in the example); also, do not use WAVEFUNCTIONS REAL.

Best,
Fabian
On Tuesday, 15 September 2020 at 17:01:28 UTC+2 Marcella Iannuzzi wrote:

> Dear Stephen
>
> Are you sure about 
>  ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 60 60 60 
>
> Best regards
> Marcella
>
> On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 4:22:21 PM UTC+2 Stephen wrote:
>
>> Hi Matthias, 
>>
>> Thanks for your input! Using the CP2K example 'Getting the band structure 
>> of graphene' (
>> https://www.cp2k.org/exercises:2016_uzh_cmest:band_structure_calculation), 
>> I was able to add the KPOINT section into my current input shown above. 
>> I've been altering the parameters and playing around with the input file, 
>> but I'm having issues troubleshooting why my new input isn't working 
>> properly.  The CP2K example was able to run, but my job isn't which makes 
>> me think there is an issue with some of the other flags I've set in my .inp 
>> file for bulk Cu. 
>>
>> Below you can find the new .inp file that I've been using. Thanks for 
>> taking a look! 
>>
>> With much appreciation, 
>>
>> Stephen 
>>
>> &GLOBAL
>>    PRINT_LEVEL  MEDIUM
>>    PROJECT_NAME bulk-Cu-CELL_DIMA
>>    RUN_TYPE  ENERGY_FORCE 
>>    WALLTIME  23:40:00 
>> &END GLOBAL
>>  &FORCE_EVAL
>>    METHOD  QS
>>    STRESS_TENSOR  ANALYTICAL
>>
>>    &DFT
>>      BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_file
>>      POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME POTENTIALS_file
>>      UKS  T 
>>      MULTIPLICITY  2 
>>      CHARGE  0
>>      &SCF
>>        MAX_SCF  1000
>>        EPS_SCF     9.9999999999999995E-07
>>        SCF_GUESS  ATOMIC
>>        &OT  T
>>          MINIMIZER  CG
>>          PRECONDITIONER  FULL_ALL
>>          ENERGY_GAP     1.0000000000000000E-03
>>        &END OT
>>        &OUTER_SCF  T
>>          EPS_SCF     9.9999999999999995E-07
>>          MAX_SCF  50
>>        &END OUTER_SCF
>>      &END SCF
>>      &QS
>>        EPS_DEFAULT     1.0000000000000000E-10
>>        METHOD  GPW
>>        EXTRAPOLATION USE_GUESS
>>
>>      &END QS
>>      &MGRID
>>        NGRIDS  5
>>        CUTOFF     3.6000000000000000E+02
>>        REL_CUTOFF     8.0000000000000000E+01
>>      &END MGRID
>>      &XC
>>        DENSITY_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
>>        GRADIENT_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
>>        TAU_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
>>        &XC_FUNCTIONAL  NO_SHORTCUT
>>          &PBE  T
>>          &END PBE
>>        &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
>>        &VDW_POTENTIAL
>>          POTENTIAL_TYPE  PAIR_POTENTIAL
>>          &PAIR_POTENTIAL
>>            TYPE  DFTD3(BJ)
>>            PARAMETER_FILE_NAME dftd3.dat
>>            REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE
>>            CALCULATE_C9_TERM  F
>>          &END PAIR_POTENTIAL
>>        &END VDW_POTENTIAL
>>      &END XC
>>      &KPOINTS
>>        SCHEME MONKHORST-PACK 1 1 1
>>        SYMMETRY OFF 
>>        WAVEFUNCTIONS REAL
>>        FULL_GRID .TRUE.
>>        PARALLEL_GROUP_SIZE  0     
>>      &END KPOINTS
>>    &END DFT
>>    &SUBSYS
>>      &CELL
>>        ABC  2.24 2.24 2.24 
>>        ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 60 60 60 
>>        MULTIPLE_UNIT_CELL  1 1 1
>>      &END CELL
>>      &TOPOLOGY
>>        COORD_FILE_FORMAT CIF
>>        COORD_FILE_NAME bulk-Cu.cif
>>        NUMBER_OF_ATOMS  1
>>        MULTIPLE_UNIT_CELL  1 1 1
>>      &END TOPOLOGY
>>      &KIND Cu 
>>        BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q11
>>        POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q11
>>      &END KIND
>>    &END SUBSYS
>>    &PRINT
>>      &FORCES  ON
>>      &END FORCES
>>    &END PRINT
>>  &END FORCE_EVAL
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:27 AM Krack Matthias (PSI) <mat... at psi.ch> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Stephen
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> For the description of metallic bulk systems, you will need Brillouin 
>>> zone sampling with an appropriate k point mesh. It seems this is missing in 
>>> your input.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Matthias
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> *From:* c... at googlegroups.com <c... at googlegroups.com> *On Behalf Of *
>>> Stephen
>>> *Sent:* Montag, 14. September 2020 14:54
>>> *To:* cp2k <c... at googlegroups.com>
>>> *Subject:* [CP2K:13869] Need advice on bulk metal system calculations
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Hi All, 
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone has tips for computing bulk metallic system in 
>>> CP2K (specifically for bulk Cu and bulk Ni system). I need the electronic 
>>> energy for bulk Cu and bulk Ni for some modeling on NP thermodynamic 
>>> stability. 
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I've optimized the unit cell parameters for both Cu and Ni systems by 
>>> varying the unit cell dimensions found on Materials Project 
>>> <https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-30/> with the same level of 
>>> theory as my CP2K on metal-organic frameworks. When I try to compute 
>>> different metallic properties though such as atomization and bulk Cu + O2 
>>> (g) --> bulk CuO my energies are way off.. 
>>>
>>> From Web Elements for Ni 
>>> <https://www.webelements.com/copper/thermochemistry.html>, the 
>>> atomization energy was determined:
>>>
>>> bulk Cu (s) --> Cu(0) (g) w/ deltaH=338 kJ/mol
>>>
>>>
>>> Now using DFT, the follow atomisation energy was determined to be:
>>>
>>> bulk Cu (s) --> Cu(0) (g) w/ deltaE=1658.2 kJ/mol 
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Either my bulk system is too stable, or my atomized Cu is too unstable. 
>>> Here is my DFT section for the bulk Cu calculations. 
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>    &DFT
>>>
>>>      BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_file
>>>
>>>      POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME POTENTIALS_file
>>>
>>>      UKS  T 
>>>
>>>      MULTIPLICITY  2 
>>>
>>>      CHARGE  0
>>>
>>>      &SCF
>>>
>>>        MAX_SCF  1000
>>>
>>>        EPS_SCF     9.9999999999999995E-07
>>>
>>>        SCF_GUESS  ATOMIC
>>>
>>>        &OT  T
>>>
>>>          MINIMIZER  CG
>>>
>>>          PRECONDITIONER  FULL_ALL
>>>
>>>          ENERGY_GAP     1.0000000000000000E-03
>>>
>>>        &END OT
>>>
>>>        &OUTER_SCF  T
>>>
>>>          EPS_SCF     9.9999999999999995E-07
>>>
>>>          MAX_SCF  50
>>>
>>>        &END OUTER_SCF
>>>
>>>      &END SCF
>>>
>>>      &QS
>>>
>>>        EPS_DEFAULT     1.0000000000000000E-10
>>>
>>>        METHOD  GPW
>>>
>>>      &END QS
>>>
>>>      &MGRID
>>>
>>>        NGRIDS  5
>>>
>>>        CUTOFF     3.6000000000000000E+02
>>>
>>>        REL_CUTOFF     8.0000000000000000E+01
>>>
>>>      &END MGRID
>>>
>>>      &XC
>>>
>>>        DENSITY_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
>>>
>>>        GRADIENT_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
>>>
>>>        TAU_CUTOFF     1.0000000000000000E-10
>>>
>>>        &XC_FUNCTIONAL  NO_SHORTCUT
>>>
>>>          &PBE  T
>>>
>>>          &END PBE
>>>
>>>        &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
>>>
>>>        &VDW_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>          POTENTIAL_TYPE  PAIR_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>          &PAIR_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>            TYPE  DFTD3(BJ)
>>>
>>>            PARAMETER_FILE_NAME dftd3.dat
>>>
>>>            REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE
>>>
>>>            CALCULATE_C9_TERM  F
>>>
>>>          &END PAIR_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>        &END VDW_POTENTIAL
>>>
>>>      &END XC
>>>
>>>    &END DFT
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Sample .inp and .out files are attached. 
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Any feedback would be much appreciated! Thanks for taking a look at my 
>>> issues. 
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> With much appreciation, 
>>>
>>> Stephen 
>>>
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