I don't think there is any guidance for XPS in the UG. There should be some hints in the transparencies of our WIEN2k-workshops.
XPS (measures the ionization energy of a C 1s electron) is different from XAS. The eigenvalues are NOT a good approximation for ionization energies, but according to Slater's transition state theory, eigenvalues at half occupancy are a reasonable approximation. So you should set the 1s occupation to 1.5 in case.inc (and add half an electron as background charge in case.inm). After scf, the 1s energy of this C 1s orbital is a fairly good approximation (don't expect too much !, such calculations are more usefull to compare relative shifts between 2 compounds than absolute numbers) Am 21.09.2010 13:33, schrieb Markus Kaukonen: > Dear WIEN2k, > > I calculated the value for XPS line of C1s in graphene using WIEN2k. > > My settings: > 6x6 graphene lattice with un-optimised lattice constant (2.45 ?) > at gamma point using R-MT*K-MAX=5.0, XC=PBE-GGA. > With the same geometry I set 1S electron of a carbon atom to valence > (as in the wien2k manual sec 10.4). > > My result: > 292.2 eV, experimental value 284.6 eV (did not get proper reference, > now using Kim et al., Electrochemistry Communications, v.3, pp > 608--612 (2001)). > > Question: > Should I be happy with this value or does one get much closer by > converging all the parameters properly? > > Terveisin, Markus > -- P.Blaha -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter BLAHA, Inst.f. Materials Chemistry, TU Vienna, A-1060 Vienna Phone: +43-1-58801-15671 FAX: +43-1-58801-15698 Email: blaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at WWW: http://info.tuwien.ac.at/theochem/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------