Thank you so much for your answer.

Do I need to use more buffer layers?

I am currently using semiconducting MoS2 nanoribbons (1D system) with a
bandgap of about 0.5 eV. Would changing to metallic MoS2 nanoribbons
improve convergence?

Do you mean I should increase the cutt-off energy?





On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 12:36 AM Nick Papior <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 1. Great that you are using buffer atoms to get the *correct* behaviour of
> your electrodes
> 2. However, you are using MoS2 as electrodes, which is semiconducting.
> This is not a good idea since the NEGF formalism requires the electrodes
> are *bulk-like* and this cannot be enforced if the screening distance is
> very long. This is the case for semi-conducting electrodes.
> 3. Your other convergence parameters are very low, you really should first
> converge the basic MoS2 setup for k-points, mesh-cutoff etc. but in
> general, if you have semi-conducting electrodes, you shouldn't use NEGF
> unless you are being really careful. :)
>
> Den lør. 13. jun. 2020 kl. 22.00 skrev Seyed Mohammad Tabatabaei <
> [email protected]>:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am doing a TranSIESTA calculation for the following system.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> However, I cannot converge the density matrix no matter how small my
>> mixing weight is.
>>
>> I would be grateful if you help me with it. My output file is also
>> attached.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
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> Kind regards Nick
>
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