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ZnCu2Si

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm002890366 · Space group: I-42d (#122)

Basic Information

Formula
ZnCu2Si
Alex-ID
agm002890366
Elements
3
Sites
8
Space group
I-42d (#122)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
117.04
ų
Cell a
3.7602
Å
Cell b
3.7602
Å
Cell c
8.6945
Å
α angle
77.51
°
β angle
77.51
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
ZnCu2Si
Zn
2.00 · 25.0%
Si
2.00 · 25.0%
Cu
4.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2791
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.2364
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-28.1508
eV
Raw total energy
-28.1508
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.0733
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC2_234_spg122

Decomposition

Cu15Si4 Zn8Cu5 Si

Computed at

2017-01-19 11:09:01

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: agm002890366).

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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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm002890366
data_agm002890366
_cell_length_a     3.76020
_cell_length_b     3.76020
_cell_length_c     8.69445
_cell_angle_alpha  77.51163
_cell_angle_beta   77.51163
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       117.04241
_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
  Zn1 Zn 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.75000 0.25000 0.50000 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.25000 0.75000 0.50000 1.00000
  Cu1 Cu 0.60462 0.12500 0.25000 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.14538 0.62500 0.25000 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.37500 0.39538 0.75000 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.87500 0.85462 0.75000 1.00000
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