[CP2K-user] [CP2K:16960] Getting a larger band gap in cp2k than vasp results

'Jacob Schulze' via cp2k cp2k at googlegroups.com
Fri May 13 01:11:32 UTC 2022


Hey Frank,

Sorry about the late reply. I didn't implement a Hubbard U. Seems that cp2k 
doesn't support DFT+U when using a kpoint mesh though.

Jacob
On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 11:35:59 PM UTC-5 ftcer... at ucdavis.edu 
wrote:

> Hello Jacob, 
>
> Do you implement a Hubbard U parameter?
> I notice that the paper mentions that there are “beyond DFT” methods used, 
> such as DFT+U. Hubbard functional is known to correct bandgap 
> overestimation. 
>
> -Frank Cerasoli
>
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2022, at 8:06 PM, 'Jacob Schulze' via cp2k <
> cp... at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Hey all, 
>
>
> I am trying to replicate the results in cp2k from a paper (
> https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-018-0009-4) where they calculate 
> band structures and DOS of the cuprate LCO in Vasp. The results for my band 
> structure don't quite look like theirs however. One of the big differences 
> is that I am getting a band gap that is about twice as big as theirs. 
>
> I am using the same functional as them, and have used the same kpoint 
> mesh. Had hoped increasing the size of the basis set would help, but didn't 
> help at all. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I attached my input 
> file below.
>
> Thanks,
> Jacob
>
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