Dear all,<div><br /></div><div>I am trying to determine the ideal slab thickness for an anatase (101) slab but my SCF cycles are not converging. I optimized the cutoffs for the anatase bulk and did a CELL_OPT calculation on the unit cell to get the converged structure. From this optimized unit cell, I then used ASE to build the (101) slabs with a 20 Å vacuum width and thicknesses varying from 2 to 12 layers. During the GEO_OPT calculation I keep the bottom layer frozen to act as the bulk. I started the 2-layer calculation yesterday but when I looked at the output today, I see that the SCF cycle fails at every step of the geometry optimization (see output in attachment). Is there something wrong with my setup (too tight convergence criteria, wrong SCF setup, ...), or is it because a 2-layer structure is perhaps too small? The changes in energy go to 1E-5 - 1E-6 but never reach the convergence criteria of 1E-7 even after 300 steps (inner cycle: 10 steps, outer cycle 30 steps). I would guess that it could converge if I would increase the maximum number of steps, but 300 steps already seems quite a lot to me, although I could be wrong...</div><div><br /></div><div>If anyone could share their thoughts on the situation so I can continue my work, I would greatly appreciate the help! Thanks in advance!</div><div><br /></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Léon</div>
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