E_field, LVTOT: Why voltage drop is only one half ??

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E_field, LVTOT: Why voltage drop is only one half ??

#1 Post by jjhskang » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:14 am

Hi

I have made VASP calculation of local potentials using LVTOT= .TRUE. when applied electric field along Z direction is 0.0 and 0.05V/A, where the periodic direction is Y. Let V(z, E) means the local potential in LOCPOT averaged over X and Y axes at a given value of Z under Efield = E. If I make a plot of V(z, E = 0.05) – V(z, E = 0), it will give voltage drop across Z direction. For this, I have two questions.

(1) Does LOCVTOT file give the potential energy at a point for unit negative charge or positive charge?
(2) I found that the total voltage drop is only one half (= 0.7V) of the applied voltage (= 1.4V) calculated from E_field(= 0.05)*Lz, where Lz is the supercell size along the Z direction. Can you comment what’s going on here? What am I not understanding correctly?
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Re: E_field, LVTOT: Why voltage drop is only one half ??

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