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Y(CdTe)2

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Alex-ID: agm003027872 · Space group: P4/mbm (#127)

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Basic Information

Formula
Y(CdTe)2
Alex-ID
agm003027872
Elements
3
Sites
10
Space group
P4/mbm (#127)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
285.28
ų
Cell a
8.0708
Å
Cell b
8.0708
Å
Cell c
4.3797
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Y(CdTe)2
Y
2.00 · 20.0%
Te
4.00 · 40.0%
Cd
4.00 · 40.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.3984
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.4113
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-33.3000
eV
Raw total energy
-33.3000
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.2395
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C2_3_spg127

Decomposition

Y2Te3 CdTe Cd

Computed at

2017-08-28 07:26:06

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: agm003027872).

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 agm003027872
data_agm003027872
_cell_length_a     8.07077
_cell_length_b     8.07077
_cell_length_c     4.37968
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       285.28116
_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
  Y1 Y 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Y2 Y 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Te1 Te 0.33945 0.83945 0.00000 1.00000
  Te2 Te 0.83945 0.66055 0.00000 1.00000
  Te3 Te 0.66055 0.16055 0.00000 1.00000
  Te4 Te 0.16055 0.33945 0.00000 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.15238 0.65238 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.65238 0.84762 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd3 Cd 0.84762 0.34762 0.50000 1.00000
  Cd4 Cd 0.34762 0.15238 0.50000 1.00000
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