[Pw_forum] positive Fermi energy
david grifith
david.grifith at gmail.com
Sun Oct 24 12:07:07 CEST 2010
Dear Professor Giannozzi and Cyrille
Thanks for your attentions and helps; Now I get your mean about DOS and
comparision of Fermi energies completely but yet I have not understood where
is selected as zero energy in the Bulk graphite by QE ? or generally where
is selected as zero energy in QE calculations?
> cyrille :
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> Ef=7.8eV is probably the right value and therefore you can plot the DOS
> and define Ef as the new zero of energy if you wish...
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> Also, can one compare this Fermi energy with the Fermi energy of another
> material, or is such comparison reliable ?
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> Paolo Giannozzi :
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> no; you have to resort to some trick to align the Fermi
> energies (e.g. align the average electrostatic potential
> far from the surface, if any, or align deep levels, if any)
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Sincerely Yours
David G.
JCU
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