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Li8CrS6

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Alex-ID: agm003239084 · Space group: P6_3cm (#185)

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Basic Information

Formula
Li8CrS6
Alex-ID
agm003239084
Elements
3
Sites
30
Space group
P6_3cm (#185)
Crystal system
hexagonal
Volume
542.99
ų
Cell a
6.8605
Å
Cell b
6.8605
Å
Cell c
13.3216
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Li8CrS6
Li
16.00 · 53.3%
Cr
2.00 · 6.7%
S
12.00 · 40.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0540
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.4152
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-141.8546
eV
Raw total energy
-133.8931
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.8414
eV
Direct band gap
0.8456
eV
DOS at Fermi level
-0.1625
Total magnetisation
4.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB6C8_10_spg185

Decomposition

Li2S CrS2

Computed at

2021-12-15 04:04:59.930583

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: agm003239084).

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 agm003239084
data_agm003239084
_cell_length_a     6.86047
_cell_length_b     6.86047
_cell_length_c     13.32158
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.00000
_cell_volume       542.99344
_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
  Li1 Li 0.00000 0.68258 0.76525 1.00000
  Li2 Li 0.00000 0.62711 0.13074 1.00000
  Li3 Li 0.00000 0.37289 0.63074 1.00000
  Li4 Li 0.00000 0.31742 0.26525 1.00000
  Li5 Li 0.33333 0.66667 0.40330 1.00000
  Li6 Li 0.33333 0.66667 0.90330 1.00000
  Li7 Li 0.31742 0.31742 0.76525 1.00000
  Li8 Li 0.37289 0.37289 0.13074 1.00000
  Li9 Li 0.62711 0.62711 0.63074 1.00000
  Li10 Li 0.31742 0.00000 0.26525 1.00000
  Li11 Li 0.68258 0.68258 0.26525 1.00000
  Li12 Li 0.37289 0.00000 0.63074 1.00000
  Li13 Li 0.66667 0.33333 0.90330 1.00000
  Li14 Li 0.66667 0.33333 0.40330 1.00000
  Li15 Li 0.62711 0.00000 0.13074 1.00000
  Li16 Li 0.68258 0.00000 0.76525 1.00000
  Cr1 Cr 0.00000 0.00000 0.99906 1.00000
  Cr2 Cr 0.00000 0.00000 0.49906 1.00000
  S1 S 1.00000 0.69630 0.95050 1.00000
  S2 S 0.00000 0.30370 0.45050 1.00000
  S3 S 0.33333 0.66667 0.21683 1.00000
  S4 S 0.00000 0.00000 0.16695 1.00000
  S5 S 0.00000 0.00000 0.66695 1.00000
  S6 S 0.33333 0.66667 0.71683 1.00000
  S7 S 0.30370 0.30370 0.95050 1.00000
  S8 S 0.30370 0.00000 0.45050 1.00000
  S9 S 0.69630 0.69630 0.45050 1.00000
  S10 S 0.66667 0.33333 0.71683 1.00000
  S11 S 0.66667 0.33333 0.21683 1.00000
  S12 S 0.69630 1.00000 0.95050 1.00000
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