Dear Mulwa,

For general DFT method in pwscf using PAW or USPP, we usually need apply Hubbard U parameters for Zn-3d. I have some experience of ZnO for which I set Hubbard U = 2~4 eV to describe the energy gap better. Hence I think you'd better add it.

Bests
Fang

Yue-Wen FANG, PhD candidate


< Winfred Mulwa> 2015-09-13 18:20:18 wrote:
Dear all,
I am running the optical properties of ZnS using QE. My queestion is, do i have to include the value of U in the input file?
Regards
Mulwa Winfred.
D Phil Student, Computational Material Science Group,
University of the Free State - QwaQwa,
South Africa.
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