[CP2K-user] [CP2K:13910] SCF does not converge in charged system

HB H haibe... at gmail.com
Thu Sep 17 01:47:36 UTC 2020


Hi there,

Maybe you should provide the intact and full input. For example, where is
the &GLOBAL and &MOTION sections?

 A quick advice is to use different optimizers such as "BFGS, CG or LBFGS".

Cheers,
Haibei

Sun Geng <gengs... at gmail.com> 于2020年9月17日周四 上午6:15写道:

> Dear CP2K users,
>
> I am using CP2K to study a bulk system with +1 charge, and try to optimize
> the structure.
> here is the input:
>
> &FORCE_EVAL
>    &DFT
>       CHARGE 1
>       UKS
>       BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_MOLOPT_UCL
>       BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_MOLOPT
>       BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_ADMM_MOLOPT
>       BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME BASIS_ADMM
>       POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME GTH_POTENTIALS
>       &MGRID
>          CUTOFF 550
>          REL_CUTOFF 50
>          COMMENSURATE
>       &END MGRID
>       &QS
>          EXTRAPOLATION PS
>          EXTRAPOLATION_ORDER 3
>          EPS_DEFAULT  1.0E-12
>          MAP_CONSISTENT T
>       &END QS
>       &SCF
>          SCF_GUESS RESTART
>          EPS_SCF 1.0E-7
>          MAX_SCF 300
>          ADDED_MOS 100 100
>          &DIAGONALIZATION
>             ALGORITHM STANDARD
>          &END DIAGONALIZATION
>          &SMEAR  ON
>             METHOD FERMI_DIRAC
>             ELECTRONIC_TEMPERATURE [K] 300
>          &END SMEAR
>          &MIXING
>             METHOD BROYDEN_MIXING
>             ALPHA 0.2
>             BETA 1.5
>             NBROYDEN 8
>          &END MIXING
>       &END SCF
>       &XC
>          &XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE
>          &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
>       &END XC
>    &END DFT
>    &SUBSYS
>       &KIND H
>          BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q1
>          POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q1
>       &END KIND
>       &KIND O
>          BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q6
>          POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6
>       &END KIND
>       &KIND W
>          BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q14
>          POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q14
>       &END KIND
>       &KIND P
>          BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q5
>          POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q5
>       &END KIND
>       &KIND Ag
>          BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH-q11
>          POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q11
>       &END KIND
>       &CELL
>          PERIODIC XYZ
>          CELL_FILE_FORMAT CIF
>          CELL_FILE_NAME optimized.cif
>       &END CELL
>       &TOPOLOGY
>          COORD_FILE_FORMAT CIF
>          COORD_FILE_NAME optimized.cif
>       &END
>    &END SUBSYS
> &END FORCE_EVAL
>
> and here is the output for SCF part:
>
>  Spin 1
>
>  Number of electrons:
>   446
>  Number of occupied orbitals:
>   446
>  Number of molecular orbitals:
>    546
>
>  Spin 2
>
>  Number of electrons:
>   445
>  Number of occupied orbitals:
>   445
>  Number of molecular orbitals:
>    545
>
>  Number of orbital functions:
>  1840
>  Number of independent orbital functions:
>  1840
>
>  Extrapolation method: initial_guess
>
>  *** WARNING in qs_initial_guess.F:280 :: User requested to restart the
> ***
>  *** wavefunction from the file named: cp2k-RESTART.wfn. This file does
> ***
>  *** not exist. Please check the existence of the file or change properly
> ***
>  *** the value of the keyword WFN_RESTART_FILE_NAME. Calculation continues
> ***
>  *** using ATOMIC GUESS.
>  ***
>
>
>
>  SCF WAVEFUNCTION OPTIMIZATION
>
>   Step     Update method      Time    Convergence         Total energy
> Change
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>      1 NoMix/Diag. 0.20E+00   29.2     0.89451076     -3162.6429026815
> -3.16E+03
>      2 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.7     0.06835387     -3049.3301192902
> 1.13E+02
>      3 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.9     0.13673666     -3118.6830929147
> -6.94E+01
>      4 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   35.7     0.06958362     -3172.9617597277
> -5.43E+01
>      5 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   45.9     0.09834453     -3156.7580584199
> 1.62E+01
>      6 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.6     0.08099131     -3158.2583063423
> -1.50E+00
>      7 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   32.1     0.03272365     -3157.4381248235
> 8.20E-01
>      8 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   36.5     0.01783385     -3156.7305115815
> 7.08E-01
>      9 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   34.8     0.02118559     -3157.7282159160
> -9.98E-01
>     10 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   32.2     0.01011534     -3158.9127284866
> -1.18E+00
>     11 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   41.7     0.01396047     -3159.1191669326
> -2.06E-01
>     12 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   30.5     0.02559684     -3159.1783839356
> -5.92E-02
>     13 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   32.8     0.00532253     -3159.2177559710
> -3.94E-02
>     14 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   31.8     0.02180308     -3159.1717434947
> 4.60E-02
>     15 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   36.2     0.01648805     -3159.1430712622
> 2.87E-02
>     16 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   26.4     0.03447719     -3158.9593624648
> 1.84E-01
>     17 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   34.5     0.01780160     -3158.8442985597
> 1.15E-01
>     18 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   26.8     0.01657931     -3158.8923825923
> -4.81E-02
>     19 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   34.8     0.02037717     -3158.8916640827
> 7.19E-04
>     20 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.5     0.00485428     -3158.8961038765
> -4.44E-03
>     21 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   39.6     0.01150238     -3158.8792816504
> 1.68E-02
>     22 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   31.7     0.00418097     -3158.8345904231
> 4.47E-02
>     23 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.6     0.00868663     -3158.8200898050
> 1.45E-02
>     24 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   28.0     0.02012795     -3158.8361601235
> -1.61E-02
>     25 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   41.8     0.00273285     -3158.8696842529
> -3.35E-02
>     26 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.0     0.01834681     -3158.9169936183
> -4.73E-02
>     27 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   25.4     0.00390719     -3158.9254900262
> -8.50E-03
>     28 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   36.7     0.00732661     -3158.9313554692
> -5.87E-03
>     29 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   28.4     0.00944093     -3158.9309376819
> 4.18E-04
>     30 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   36.5     0.00575205     -3158.9309675431
> -2.99E-05
>     31 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   24.2     0.00694190     -3158.9348626028
> -3.90E-03
>     32 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   31.6     0.00379752     -3158.9366629862
> -1.80E-03
>     33 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   22.5     0.00774378     -3158.9435293508
> -6.87E-03
>     34 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   24.8     0.00951415     -3158.9464593354
> -2.93E-03
>     35 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.1     0.00751249     -3158.9376966328
> 8.76E-03
>     36 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   26.2     0.00199334     -3158.9353993219
> 2.30E-03
>     37 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   34.9     0.00427585     -3158.9336122741
> 1.79E-03
>     38 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   23.0     0.00193232     -3158.9300421729
> 3.57E-03
>     39 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   36.9     0.00141459     -3158.9253000238
> 4.74E-03
>     40 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   28.7     0.00308787     -3158.9259688644
> -6.69E-04
>     41 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   37.6     0.00099441     -3158.9283356817
> -2.37E-03
>     42 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   37.7     0.00086304     -3158.9295288981
> -1.19E-03
>     43 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   31.0     0.00233147     -3158.9321116185
> -2.58E-03
>     44 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.8     0.00282812     -3158.9332794477
> -1.17E-03
>     45 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   32.3     0.00179904     -3158.9355324522
> -2.25E-03
>     46 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.4     0.00070900     -3158.9356072233
> -7.48E-05
>     47 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   26.3     0.00178940     -3158.9359573955
> -3.50E-04
>     48 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   22.5     0.00148086     -3158.9358158944
> 1.42E-04
>     49 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   22.6     0.00133155     -3158.9361011237
> -2.85E-04
>     50 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   22.4     0.00108193     -3158.9353836539
> 7.17E-04
>     51 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   22.5     0.00475385     -3158.9365929745
> -1.21E-03
>     52 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   22.5     0.00101417     -3158.9414298715
> -4.84E-03
>     53 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   22.5     0.00074742     -3158.9408986224
> 5.31E-04
>     54 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   37.2     0.00160292     -3158.9399250202
> 9.74E-04
>     55 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   35.0     0.00180981     -3158.9389882830
> 9.37E-04
>     56 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   34.1     0.00101710     -3158.9389977636
> -9.48E-06
>     57 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   23.0     0.00114587     -3158.9392492436
> -2.51E-04
>     58 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   37.8     0.00220519     -3158.9387605750
> 4.89E-04
>     59 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   30.4     0.00032853     -3158.9385569682
> 2.04E-04
>     60 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   29.3     0.00205265     -3158.9386583532
> -1.01E-04
>     61 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   27.8     0.00139873     -3158.9383562600
> 3.02E-04
>     62 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.4     0.00024160     -3158.9390152530
> -6.59E-04
>     63 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   28.3     0.00573947     -3158.9396907479
> -6.75E-04
>     64 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.1     0.00196458     -3158.9410245046
> -1.33E-03
>     65 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   45.2     0.00179614     -3158.9411543337
> -1.30E-04
>     66 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   29.7     0.00452601     -3158.9414841380
> -3.30E-04
>     67 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   35.4     0.00172292     -3158.9413898840
> 9.43E-05
>     68 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   37.1     0.00326630     -3158.9409273881
> 4.62E-04
>     69 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   45.2     0.00217994     -3158.9412881453
> -3.61E-04
>     70 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.6     0.00177248     -3158.9411038537
> 1.84E-04
>     71 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.5     0.00556252     -3158.9403155792
> 7.88E-04
>     72 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.5     0.00065509     -3158.9381473872
> 2.17E-03
>     73 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   32.8     0.00070470     -3158.9382797518
> -1.32E-04
>     74 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   44.3     0.00147190     -3158.9383945291
> -1.15E-04
>     75 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   32.6     0.00209594     -3158.9378160701
> 5.78E-04
>     76 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.1     0.00063422     -3158.9378127379
> 3.33E-06
>     77 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.5     0.00354342     -3158.9377893967
> 2.33E-05
>     78 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   22.4     0.00249106     -3158.9395472286
> -1.76E-03
>     79 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   41.5     0.00199009     -3158.9386306696
> 9.17E-04
>     80 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   44.9     0.00133807     -3158.9383378799
> 2.93E-04
>     81 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   44.5     0.00165782     -3158.9382333617
> 1.05E-04
>     82 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   32.9     0.00047526     -3158.9388671865
> -6.34E-04
>     83 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.9     0.00048036     -3158.9385637254
> 3.03E-04
>     84 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   45.5     0.00107296     -3158.9386852294
> -1.22E-04
>     85 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   41.7     0.00142251     -3158.9383795982
> 3.06E-04
>     86 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.1     0.00082982     -3158.9382992687
> 8.03E-05
>     87 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   32.3     0.00130730     -3158.9378720570
> 4.27E-04
>     88 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.4     0.00160192     -3158.9379381501
> -6.61E-05
>     89 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   44.9     0.00200376     -3158.9369819375
> 9.56E-04
>     90 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   48.4     0.00030780     -3158.9372356839
> -2.54E-04
>     91 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   39.3     0.00041707     -3158.9377762720
> -5.41E-04
>     92 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.1     0.00058788     -3158.9372819846
> 4.94E-04
>     93 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.5     0.00136910     -3158.9371474170
> 1.35E-04
>     94 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   39.8     0.00016182     -3158.9367337407
> 4.14E-04
>     95 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   26.6     0.00238628     -3158.9369656511
> -2.32E-04
>     96 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.7     0.00116006     -3158.9373876912
> -4.22E-04
>     97 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   45.1     0.00207758     -3158.9368022064
> 5.85E-04
>     98 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.6     0.00079290     -3158.9364548934
> 3.47E-04
>     99 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   46.2     0.00092796     -3158.9372004011
> -7.46E-04
>    100 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.2     0.00500334     -3158.9376972675
> -4.97E-04
>    101 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.1     0.00106711     -3158.9381744626
> -4.77E-04
>    102 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   41.7     0.00343650     -3158.9377555298
> 4.19E-04
>    103 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   44.8     0.00267783     -3158.9383934292
> -6.38E-04
>    104 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   45.6     0.00071476     -3158.9375202197
> 8.73E-04
>    105 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.4     0.00155390     -3158.9378390866
> -3.19E-04
>    106 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.8     0.00234517     -3158.9387128348
> -8.74E-04
>    107 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   48.5     0.00097231     -3158.9396178203
> -9.05E-04
>    108 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.3     0.00080812     -3158.9398610567
> -2.43E-04
>    109 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   34.3     0.00215088     -3158.9389043870
> 9.57E-04
>    110 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   31.4     0.00177769     -3158.9383907222
> 5.14E-04
>    111 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   44.8     0.00065825     -3158.9381760277
> 2.15E-04
>    112 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   45.5     0.00215273     -3158.9383009723
> -1.25E-04
>    113 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   41.6     0.00109198     -3158.9393934584
> -1.09E-03
>    114 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.0     0.00093046     -3158.9396303494
> -2.37E-04
>    115 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.3     0.00176033     -3158.9399720471
> -3.42E-04
>    116 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.1     0.00096409     -3158.9397376651
> 2.34E-04
>    117 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   45.3     0.00125691     -3158.9392869885
> 4.51E-04
>    118 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   44.2     0.00132855     -3158.9387103155
> 5.77E-04
>    119 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.3     0.00149879     -3158.9386595393
> 5.08E-05
>    120 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   30.4     0.00143229     -3158.9384132380
> 2.46E-04
>    121 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.8     0.00179008     -3158.9380890800
> 3.24E-04
>    122 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.4     0.00099314     -3158.9380058169
> 8.33E-05
>    123 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.1     0.00091292     -3158.9385543943
> -5.49E-04
>    124 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   34.8     0.00048706     -3158.9392044760
> -6.50E-04
>    125 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.0     0.00207348     -3158.9394986504
> -2.94E-04
>    126 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   45.9     0.00153626     -3158.9405092916
> -1.01E-03
>    127 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.5     0.00316672     -3158.9406092849
> -1.00E-04
>    128 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.6     0.00060328     -3158.9411260512
> -5.17E-04
>    129 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.9     0.00124325     -3158.9398080085
> 1.32E-03
>    130 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.1     0.00105586     -3158.9390224278
> 7.86E-04
>    131 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   35.2     0.00376178     -3158.9392740528
> -2.52E-04
>    132 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.1     0.00145841     -3158.9393697934
> -9.57E-05
>    133 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.1     0.00071196     -3158.9393684613
> 1.33E-06
>    134 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   41.2     0.00179287     -3158.9391322902
> 2.36E-04
>    135 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.1     0.00044719     -3158.9392016770
> -6.94E-05
>    136 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   41.2     0.00157808     -3158.9394541806
> -2.53E-04
>    137 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   47.0     0.00098181     -3158.9396660200
> -2.12E-04
>    138 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   39.5     0.00162220     -3158.9396913205
> -2.53E-05
>    139 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.0     0.00289676     -3158.9400550759
> -3.64E-04
>    140 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   39.7     0.00149967     -3158.9406717084
> -6.17E-04
>    141 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   46.1     0.00159591     -3158.9412353749
> -5.64E-04
>    142 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.4     0.00187668     -3158.9411012693
> 1.34E-04
>    143 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.1     0.00067059     -3158.9401622911
> 9.39E-04
>    144 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.5     0.00078557     -3158.9394849052
> 6.77E-04
>    145 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   41.4     0.00040215     -3158.9390501939
> 4.35E-04
>    146 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   44.3     0.00050394     -3158.9388948113
> 1.55E-04
>    147 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   40.1     0.00021931     -3158.9388883119
> 6.50E-06
>    148 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   37.5     0.00008719     -3158.9387984249
> 8.99E-05
>    149 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   39.7     0.00027253     -3158.9386912028
> 1.07E-04
>    150 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   49.0     0.00024084     -3158.9387118442
> -2.06E-05
>    151 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   38.3     0.00056008     -3158.9386458855
> 6.60E-05
>    152 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   39.0     0.00023938     -3158.9386947094
> -4.88E-05
>    153 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   34.3     0.00032498     -3158.9386747222
> 2.00E-05
>    154 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   42.4     0.00012525     -3158.9385975305
> 7.72E-05
>    155 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   33.1     0.00018100     -3158.9385321803
> 6.54E-05
>    156 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   39.9     0.00040027     -3158.9384314946
> 1.01E-04
>    157 Broy./Diag. 0.20E+00   43.0     0.00092647     -3158.9384077964
> 2.37E-05
>
> The SCF did not converge in 157 steps and then I killed the job.
> I also tried to increase the CUTOFF to 800 Ry, but it did not work.
> Switching the SCF method to OT method also did not help.
>
> Is there anything trick that improves the convergence?
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Best Regards,
> Geng
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