Hello everyone. I have a semiconductor, BeSiP2, which has a band gap slightly above 1eV in the GGA approximation (https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1009085/).<div><br></div><div>I calculate a vacancy, V_{P}^{+3}, first using diagonalization. Which produces a band gap around 1eV, indicating that the charge does not delocalize, and so OT should still be appropriate. When I switch to OT, however, there is a negative homo/lumo gap and I can see it in the eigenvalues:</div><div><br></div><div><p>0.17131297 0.17154145 0.18362819 0.18519005</p>
<p> Fermi Energy [eV] : 5.039278</p>
<p> Lowest Eigenvalues of the unoccupied subspace spin 1</p>
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<p> Reached convergence in 1 iterations</p>
<p> 0.18499549 0.22295666 0.23850766 0.25228060</p><p><br></p><p>This is bizarre to me. OT is usually very reliable for me. So this is a strange inconsistency, and maybe its due to how I'm running the calculation. For OT I use the full_all preconditioner, and the rest defaults. For diagonalization I the section at the bottom. Anyone have any guesses as to why there is this discrepancy? </p><p>-Nick</p><p>&SCF</p><p> MAX_SCF 200</p><p> added_mos 100</p><p> eps_scf 1e-6</p><p> max_diis 15</p><p> &diagonalization</p><p> &end</p><p> &mixing</p><p> &end</p><p> &smear</p><p> elec_temp 300</p><p> method fermi_dirac </p><p> &end</p><p>&end</p></div>