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Calculated Ionization Energy for Ge (Germanium atom)

Experimental Ionization Energy is 7.899 ± 0.001 eV
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Ionization Energies in eV
Methods with predefined basis sets
semi-empirical PM3  
PM6  
composite G1 7.820
G2MP2 7.814
G2 7.833
G3B3 7.171
G4 7.178
CBS-Q 7.960

Ionization Energies in eV
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
hartree fock HF 4.343 7.264 7.450 7.457 7.469 7.469 7.483 7.433 7.433 7.455   7.436 7.440 7.436 7.434 7.450 7.435 7.434 5.829
density functional LSDA 0.263   8.474 8.398 8.472 8.472 8.497 8.479 8.441 8.421     8.467 8.474   8.488 8.475    
BLYP 4.709 7.440 7.698 7.625 6.579 7.702 7.740 7.722 7.722 7.683     7.699 7.711          
B1B95 4.599   7.883 7.885 7.956 7.956 7.982 7.902 7.902 7.933     7.889 7.880   7.908 7.883    
B3LYP -0.102 7.642 7.890 7.833 7.897 7.897 7.925 7.901 7.901 7.880   7.885 7.890 7.893 7.891 7.914 7.896 7.891  
B3LYPultrafine         7.897                       6.845    
B3PW91 -0.076 7.763 7.998 7.946 8.003 8.003 8.022 7.991 7.991 7.980     7.989 7.984          
mPW1PW91 5.053 7.753 7.986 7.937 7.995 7.995 8.015 7.983 7.983 7.971     7.978 7.976   7.993 7.978    
M06-2X     6.632                                
PBEPBE 0.271 7.663 7.911 7.841 7.916 7.916 7.947 7.922 7.922 7.891     7.905 7.908   7.931 7.914    
PBE1PBE         7.966                            
TPSSh                   6.675                  
wB97X-D     6.774   6.777   6.835   6.819     6.794 6.835 6.847     6.865    
B97D3   6.466     6.689   6.766   6.779   6.803 6.730   6.777     6.795    
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2   7.169 7.733 7.370 6.289 7.716 7.732 6.305 7.691 7.778   7.764 7.723 7.868 7.899 7.758 7.879 7.906  
MP2=FULL   7.166 7.732 7.347 7.741 7.741 7.757 7.758 7.758 7.829     7.723 7.863 7.883 7.757 6.639 7.890  
MP3         7.761   6.014                        
MP3=FULL         6.418   6.471                        
MP4   7.097     7.759       7.734         7.914          
B2PLYP                           6.698          
Configuration interaction CID   7.085 7.725 7.285 7.732     7.704                      
CISD   7.086 7.724 7.285 7.731     7.703                      
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD   7.087 7.737 7.287 7.739 7.739 7.754 7.711 7.711 7.804     7.724 7.868   7.768 7.878    
QCISD(T)         7.746               7.733 7.898          
Coupled Cluster CCD   7.086 7.737 7.286 7.739 7.739 7.755 7.712 7.712 7.805     7.724 7.865   7.768 7.875    
CCSD         7.739               7.724 7.867          
CCSD(T)         7.746               7.733 7.898 7.927 7.781 7.909 7.931  
CCSD(T)=FULL         -580.891               7.731 7.887 7.908 7.778 7.898 7.913  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ daug-cc-pVTZ

Ionization Energies in eV
Methods with effective core potentials (select basis sets)
CEP-31G CEP-31G* CEP-121G CEP-121G* LANL2DZ SDD cc-pVTZ-PP aug-cc-pVTZ-PP Def2TZVPP
hartree fock HF 7.472   7.472   7.563 7.512     5.785
density functional B3LYP 7.910   7.910   8.011 7.980     6.783
PBEPBE                 6.678
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2 7.363   7.363   7.426 7.386     6.578
For descriptions of the methods (AM1, HF, MP2, ...) and basis sets (3-21G, 3-21G*, 6-31G, ...) see the glossary in section I.C. Predefined means the basis set used is determined by the method.