[gpaw-users] Cant locate Fermi level

Ask Hjorth Larsen askhl at fysik.dtu.dk
Thu Apr 7 11:32:12 CEST 2011


Hi Jun

On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, Jun Yan wrote:

> Dear developers,
>
>    I got an error with 'RuntimeError: Could not locate the Fermi level!'.
>    I am looking at a metallic system (graphene on Pt surface), I can't
> understand why it can't find Fermi level ? Thanks in advance for replying,.
>
> All the best,
> Jun

Which electronic temperature are you using, and how many empty states? 
Apparently it's difficult to fit a Fermi distribution on the 
occupations/energies.

Regards
Ask


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