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Be2C

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm002034591 · Space group: I4_1/amd (#141)

Basic Information

Formula
Be2C
Alex-ID
agm002034591
Elements
2
Sites
12
Space group
I4_1/amd (#141)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
106.29
ų
Cell a
3.2940
Å
Cell b
3.2940
Å
Cell c
9.7955
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Be2C
Be
8.00 · 66.7%
C
4.00 · 33.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2184
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.0228
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-66.9789
eV
Raw total energy
-66.9789
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
1.8914
eV
DOS at Fermi level
1.3490
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_744_spg141

Decomposition

Be2C

Computed at

2021-09-28 14:19:28

Citation

Alexandria website
https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/
Attribution

The crystal structure and related material properties of this entry were obtained from the Alexandria database (Alex-ID: agm002034591).

Reference

Th. Cavignac, J. Schmidt, P.-P. De Breuck, A. Loew, T. F. T. Cerqueira, H.-C. Wang, A. Bochkarev, Y. Lysogorskiy, A. H. Romero, R. Drautz, S. Botti and M. A. L. Marques. AI-Driven expansion and application of the Alexandria database. J. Phys. Mater. 9, 025014 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620

BibTeX
@article{Cavignac2026Alexandria,
  author  = {Cavignac, Th{\'e}o and Schmidt, Jonathan and De Breuck, Pierre-Paul and Loew, Antoine
             and Cerqueira, Tiago F. T. and Wang, Hai-Chen and Bochkarev, Anton
             and Lysogorskiy, Yury and Romero, Aldo H. and Drautz, Ralf and Botti, Silvana
             and Marques, Miguel A. L.},
  title   = {{AI}-Driven expansion and application of the {A}lexandria database},
  journal = {Journal of Physics: Materials},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {9},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {025014},
  doi     = {10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Style: Ball & Stick
Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm002034591
data_agm002034591
_cell_length_a     3.29403
_cell_length_b     3.29403
_cell_length_c     9.79554
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       106.28759
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  'x, y, z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_type_symbol
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
  Be1 Be 0.00000 0.00000 0.81310 1.00000
  Be2 Be 0.00000 0.50000 0.43690 1.00000
  Be3 Be 0.00000 0.00000 0.18690 1.00000
  Be4 Be 0.00000 0.50000 0.06310 1.00000
  Be5 Be 0.50000 0.50000 0.31310 1.00000
  Be6 Be 0.50000 0.00000 0.93690 1.00000
  Be7 Be 0.50000 0.50000 0.68690 1.00000
  Be8 Be 0.50000 0.00000 0.56310 1.00000
  C1 C 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  C2 C 0.00000 0.50000 0.25000 1.00000
  C3 C 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  C4 C 0.50000 0.00000 0.75000 1.00000
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