Using Boltztrap with Wien2k

01 January 1970 1 9K Report

Hi,

I want to calculate the transport properties using Boltztrap. I have simulated the electronic structure using Wien2k. So, i need some stepwise instructions or tutorials that can help me perform this calculations.

Radhakrishnan Anbarasan

The following link is helpful for Boltztrap calculation. The step wise procedure and comments are available on that.

https://gitlab.com/sousaw/BoltzTraP2/-/wikis/tutorial

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