[gpaw-users] DFT + U

[Albert Bruix Fusté]

Dear GPAW users,

After having successfully generated setups for Ce and being able to run calculations with them, I now attempt to use the DFT+U method on CeO2.

This is what the calculator in the script looks like:
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    calc = GPAW(mode='fd',

                h=0.175,

                mixer=Mixer(nmaxold=5, beta=0.1, weight=75),

                convergence={'energy': 0.0005,

                             'density': 1.0e-4,

                             'eigenstates': 5.0e-8,

                             'bands': -10},

                maxiter=199,

                kpts=(10,10,10),

                setups={'Ce': ':f,4.5'}, # U = 4.5 eV for Ce 4f orbitals

                txt='calc_U_{0}.out'.format(str(a)),

                xc='PBE',

                )

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Where I have specified using the + U correction as indicated in the tutorial:

https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/gpaw/tutorials/hubbardu/hubbardu.html

However, I get the following error:


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abruix at fe0:~/CeO2/bulk$ gpaw-python ceo2_U_bulk.py --gpaw=fprojectors=1


You need to set the GPAW_SETUP_PATH environment variable to point to

the directory where the setup files are stored.  See

http://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/gpaw/install/installationguide.html for details.

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "ceo2_U_bulk.py", line 54, in <module>

    ceo2_b.get_potential_energy()

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/ase/ase/atoms.py", line 643, in get_potential_energy

    return self._calc.get_potential_energy(self)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/aseinterface.py", line 38, in get_potential_energy

    self.calculate(atoms, converge=True)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/paw.py", line 233, in calculate

    self.initialize(atoms)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/paw.py", line 398, in initialize

    filter, world)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/setup.py", line 1307, in __init__

    filter=filter, world=world)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/setup.py", line 73, in create_setup

    world=world)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/setup_data.py", line 111, in __init__

    self.read_xml(world=world)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/setup_data.py", line 124, in read_xml

    PAWXMLParser(self).parse(source=source, world=world)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/setup_data.py", line 441, in parse

    setup.symbol))

RuntimeError: Could not find  .PBE-setup for "Ce".

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Note that I include the --gpaw=fprojectors=1  part to correctly use the Ce setups generated by me.

In addition, I get the same error when running the examples of the tutorial:


RuntimeError: Could not find .PBE-setup for "Ni".

or:


RuntimeError: Could not find .PBE-setup for "N".



I have also googled around and found another example in:

https://trac.fysik.dtu.dk/projects/gpaw/browser/trunk/gpaw/test/Hubbard_U_Zn.py?rev=11466


Which also yields an error (different one this time):


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  File "zn.py", line 25, in <module>

    E_U[spin] = s.get_potential_energy()

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/ase/ase/atoms.py", line 643, in get_potential_energy

    return self._calc.get_potential_energy(self)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/aseinterface.py", line 38, in get_potential_energy

    self.calculate(atoms, converge=True)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/paw.py", line 251, in calculate

    self.initialize(atoms)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/paw.py", line 398, in initialize

    filter, world)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/setup.py", line 1307, in __init__

    filter=filter, world=world)

  File "/home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw/setup.py", line 41, in create_setup

    U = float(lu[2:]) / units.Hartree

ValueError: invalid literal for float(): 3.0,1

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Could you please indicate what you think I’m doing wrong? Is the syntax indicated in the tutorial the correct one for using the +U?


GPAW version I use:



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User:  abruix at fe0

Date:  Wed Aug 13 11:22:06 2014

Arch:  x86_64

Pid:   1425

Dir:   /home/abruix/DFT/gpaw/gpaw

ase:   /home/abruix/DFT/ase/ase (version 3.9.0)

numpy: /home/gpawinst/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy (version 1.6.2)

scipy: /home/gpawinst/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/scipy (version 0.11.0)

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

Albert Bruix







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