使用Atompaw来创建VASP格式Eu的PAW赝势,并用MaterialsClode方案测试

Posted by Xiehua on March 18, 2026

VASP POTCAR version

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     63    Eu_2              377   0.640375363126E-04          19.69551012
     63    Eu_3              363   0.640375363126E-04          12.58355367
     63    Eu_h              355   0.640375363126E-04           9.74145701
     63    Eu                355   0.640375363126E-04           9.74145701

VASP bessel $V_{loc}$

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  63 Eu_2                        RCLOC = 2.402
  63 Eu_3                        RCLOC = 2.402
  63 Eu_h                        RCLOC = 1.703
  63 Eu                          RCLOC = 2.308

Materials Cloud测试赝势选择

Matetials Cloud测试试用的赝势

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  {
    "atomic_number": 63,
    "element": "Eu",
    "potcars": [
      {
        "title": "PAW_PBE Eu_h 30May2022",
        "all_attributes": {
          "title": "PAW_PBE Eu_h 30May2022",
          "symbol": "Eu_h",
          "element": "Eu",
          "full_name": "Eu_h",
          "functional": "PBE",
          "potential_set": "paw_gga_pbe_54_new_lanth",
          "_MODEL_VERSION": 1,
          "original_filename": "paw_gga_pbe_54_new_lanth/Eu_h/POTCAR"
        }
      }
    ]
  },

Materials Cloud $\Delta$ 图片

https://acwf-verification.materialscloud.org/

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$\Delta$ of simple cubic

$\Delta$ of BCC

$\Delta$ of diamond

$\Delta$ of FCC

1. Eu

0. VASP XX/POTCAR

0.VASP PAW POTCAR

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

XX-atompaw-1

1. atompaw2POTCAR with VASP Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

2. atompaw2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

3. atompaw Mabinit2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

XX-atompaw-2

1. atompaw2POTCAR with VASP Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

2. atompaw2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

3. atompaw Mabinit2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

2. Eu_h

0. VASP Eu_h/POTCAR

0.VASP PAW POTCAR

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

收敛步数
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========== atompaw200 ======================
========== Scf-converge============
STRU_0.94        max_SCF: 23    SCF_converged       time:  166.911 s (  2.78 min)
STRU_0.96        max_SCF: 23    SCF_converged       time:  167.872 s (  2.80 min)
STRU_0.98        max_SCF: 28    SCF_converged       time:  185.247 s (  3.09 min)
STRU_1.00        max_SCF: 24    SCF_converged       time:  172.305 s (  2.87 min)
STRU_1.02        max_SCF: 24    SCF_converged       time:  169.097 s (  2.82 min)
STRU_1.04        max_SCF: 25    SCF_converged       time:  169.721 s (  2.83 min)
STRU_1.06        max_SCF: 28    SCF_converged       time:  185.915 s (  3.10 min)
----------------------------------------
Max SCF steps in atompaw200 : 28
SCF not converged count    : 0
$\Delta$ 测试结果
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========== Delta ==================

eos fitted result for Eu_X_BCC:
              V0            B0              BP             1-R^2 
benchMark     26.13164209    14.11715431    0.78026159   
fitted        26.56223700    14.89090860    0.95340893     3.2269400197e-08

delta: 1.36083877 
nu: 1.65670290
epsilon: 0.94096812 

BandGap测试结果
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========== Bandgap=================
 +-------------------------- Summary ----------------------------+
            Band Character:    Metallic
             Band Gap (eV):   -8.9372
    Eigenvalue of VBM (eV):    8.9372
    Eigenvalue of CBM (eV):    0.0000
         Fermi Energy (eV):    7.8727
 Band Indexes of VBM & CBM:    0    0
  Kpt Indexes of VBM & CBM: 1558    1
   Location of VBM (frac.): -0.243902  0.243902  0.243902
   Location of CBM (frac.):  0.000000  0.000000  0.000000

=======END atompaw200 =======================

Eu_h-atompaw-1

1. atompaw2POTCAR with VASP Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

收敛步数
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========== atompaw214 ======================
========== Scf-converge============
STRU_0.94        max_SCF: 26    SCF_converged       time:  171.265 s (  2.85 min)
STRU_0.96        max_SCF: 28    SCF_converged       time:  182.107 s (  3.04 min)
STRU_0.98        max_SCF: 28    SCF_converged       time:  179.924 s (  3.00 min)
STRU_1.00        max_SCF: 25    SCF_converged       time:  169.368 s (  2.82 min)
STRU_1.02        max_SCF: 27    SCF_converged       time:  180.218 s (  3.00 min)
STRU_1.04        max_SCF: 29    SCF_converged       time:  187.051 s (  3.12 min)
STRU_1.06        max_SCF: 30    SCF_converged       time:  191.222 s (  3.19 min)
----------------------------------------
Max SCF steps in atompaw214 : 30
SCF not converged count    : 0
$\Delta$ 测试结果
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========== Delta ==================

eos fitted result for Eu_X_BCC:
              V0            B0              BP             1-R^2 
benchMark     26.13164209    14.11715431    0.78026159   
fitted        26.45829678    14.90987444    1.00821346     2.7102245995e-08

delta: 1.03990589 
nu: 1.27353044
epsilon: 0.75503605 

BandGap测试结果
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========== Bandgap=================
 +-------------------------- Summary ----------------------------+
            Band Character:    Metallic
             Band Gap (eV):   -8.9131
    Eigenvalue of VBM (eV):    8.9131
    Eigenvalue of CBM (eV):    0.0000
         Fermi Energy (eV):    7.8529
 Band Indexes of VBM & CBM:    0    0
  Kpt Indexes of VBM & CBM: 1558    1
   Location of VBM (frac.): -0.243902  0.243902  0.243902
   Location of CBM (frac.):  0.000000  0.000000  0.000000

=======END atompaw214 =======================

2. atompaw2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

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========== atompaw212 ======================
========== Scf-converge============
STRU_0.94        max_SCF: 26    SCF_converged       time:  245.172 s (  4.09 min)
STRU_0.96        max_SCF: 28    SCF_converged       time:  259.309 s (  4.32 min)
STRU_0.98        max_SCF: 29    SCF_converged       time:  266.116 s (  4.44 min)
STRU_1.00        max_SCF: 25    SCF_converged       time:  239.700 s (  3.99 min)
STRU_1.02        max_SCF: 27    SCF_converged       time:  256.267 s (  4.27 min)
STRU_1.04        max_SCF: 29    SCF_converged       time:  269.240 s (  4.49 min)
STRU_1.06        max_SCF: 30    SCF_converged       time:  274.091 s (  4.57 min)
----------------------------------------
Max SCF steps in atompaw212 : 30
SCF not converged count    : 0
$\Delta$ 测试结果
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========== Delta ==================

eos fitted result for Eu_X_BCC:
              V0            B0              BP             1-R^2 
benchMark     26.13164209    14.11715431    0.78026159   
fitted        26.46216721    14.91184972    1.00758686     2.7867491324e-08

delta: 1.05205198 
nu: 1.28793517
epsilon: 0.76250496 

BandGap测试结果
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========== Bandgap=================
 +-------------------------- Summary ----------------------------+
            Band Character:    Metallic
             Band Gap (eV):   -8.9131
    Eigenvalue of VBM (eV):    8.9131
    Eigenvalue of CBM (eV):    0.0000
         Fermi Energy (eV):    7.8529
 Band Indexes of VBM & CBM:    0    0
  Kpt Indexes of VBM & CBM: 1558    1
   Location of VBM (frac.): -0.243902  0.243902  0.243902
   Location of CBM (frac.):  0.000000  0.000000  0.000000

=======END atompaw212 =======================

3. atompaw Mabinit2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

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========== atompaw211 ======================
========== Scf-converge============
STRU_0.94        max_SCF: 26    SCF_converged       time:  245.355 s (  4.09 min)
STRU_0.96        max_SCF: 28    SCF_converged       time:  259.284 s (  4.32 min)
STRU_0.98        max_SCF: 28    SCF_converged       time:  257.938 s (  4.30 min)
STRU_1.00        max_SCF: 24    SCF_converged       time:  233.079 s (  3.88 min)
STRU_1.02        max_SCF: 27    SCF_converged       time:  257.469 s (  4.29 min)
STRU_1.04        max_SCF: 29    SCF_converged       time:  270.036 s (  4.50 min)
STRU_1.06        max_SCF: 30    SCF_converged       time:  277.495 s (  4.62 min)
----------------------------------------
Max SCF steps in atompaw211 : 30
SCF not converged count    : 0
$\Delta$ 测试结果
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========== Delta ==================

eos fitted result for Eu_X_BCC:
              V0            B0              BP             1-R^2 
benchMark     26.13164209    14.11715431    0.78026159   
fitted        26.46355423    14.93779162    0.90220805     1.2068638119e-08

delta: 1.05402954 
nu: 1.29386297
epsilon: 0.76350371 

BandGap测试结果
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========== Bandgap=================
 +-------------------------- Summary ----------------------------+
            Band Character:    Metallic
             Band Gap (eV):   -8.9131
    Eigenvalue of VBM (eV):    8.9131
    Eigenvalue of CBM (eV):    0.0000
         Fermi Energy (eV):    7.8529
 Band Indexes of VBM & CBM:    0    0
  Kpt Indexes of VBM & CBM: 1558    1
   Location of VBM (frac.): -0.243902  0.243902  0.243902
   Location of CBM (frac.):  0.000000  0.000000  0.000000

=======END atompaw211 =======================

XX-atompaw-2

1. atompaw2POTCAR with VASP Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

2. atompaw2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

3. atompaw Mabinit2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

3. XX_GW

0. VASP XX/POTCAR

0.VASP PAW POTCAR

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

XX-atompaw-1

1. atompaw2POTCAR with VASP Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

2. atompaw2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

3. atompaw Mabinit2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

XX-atompaw-2

1. atompaw2POTCAR with VASP Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

2. atompaw2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

3. atompaw Mabinit2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

4. XX_hu

0. VASP XX/POTCAR

0.VASP PAW POTCAR

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

XX-atompaw-1

1. atompaw2POTCAR with VASP Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

2. atompaw2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

3. atompaw Mabinit2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

XX-atompaw-2

1. atompaw2POTCAR with VASP Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

2. atompaw2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果

3. atompaw Mabinit2POTCAR with atompaw Grid

$\Delta$ 测试结果:使用VASP 6.5.0进行EOS计算测试、收敛步数、BandGap测试结果