vdW-DF2 job

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vdW-DF2 job

#1 Post by serenity_3 » Fri Jun 06, 2025 9:47 pm

Hello,
I am attempting to study adsorption of O atoms on a metal surface using the vdW-DF2 functional. While my jobs for the the surface+O and surface have converged, the job involving the O atom placed in a box needed to calculate the binding energy of O on the surface gives me unreasonable positive energy ( free energy TOTEN = 1.14957393 eV) . Please let me know what is wrong. Below is my INCAR file:

SYSTEM =0
NWRITE = 1
ISTART = 0

PREC = HIGH
ENCUT = 400.0
EDIFF = 1E-05
EDIFFG = -1.0E-03

IBRION = 2
ISPIN = 2
ISIF = 2
NSW = 20
LCORR = T
ISMEAR = 0
SIGMA = 0.01
LORBIT = 0

IALGO=38
LDIAG = T
LREAL = F
LPLANE = T
NSIM = 4
NPAR = 1

NBANDS = 12
MAGMOM = 2.0

LWAVE = F

GGA = ML
LUSE_VDW = .TRUE.
ZAB_VDW = -1.8867
AGGAC = 0.0
LASPH = .TRUE.


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