Author Topic: Why is the polarization value of AlN different from the experimental value?  (Read 13947 times)

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Offline wntjr1024

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I optimized AlN with a hybrid GGA using an LCAO calculator with a maximum force of 0.03 eV, and then obtained the polarization and piezo electric tensor, but they are very different from the experimental values. I would like to know the cause of this.

my AlN polarization data

my AlN piezoelectric tensor data


and reference data


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That is a actually quite a large value to converge forces, I would use 0.001 or lower. But quantities like the piezoelectric tensor are also very sensitive to the numerical details, so you need to ensure convergence in primarily k-points.