For the calculation of the total energy in VASP, it is recommended to use tetrahedron method with Blöchl corrections (ISMEAR=-5). And for 2D slabs in the z direction (perpendicular to the surface), it is recommended to give only 1 k point since there is vacuum above surface (The middle layers we freeze the atoms).

But when ISMEAR=-5 is used in VASP, an error comes

Tetrahedron method fails for NKPT

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