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Cu4SnS4

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm003243641 · Space group: Pnma (#62)

Basic Information

Formula
Cu4SnS4
Alex-ID
agm003243641
Elements
3
Sites
36
Space group
Pnma (#62)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
676.63
ų
Cell a
6.4882
Å
Cell b
7.6833
Å
Cell c
13.5733
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Cu4SnS4
Cu
16.00 · 44.4%
Sn
4.00 · 11.1%
S
16.00 · 44.4%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0647
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.5118
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-167.0332
eV
Raw total energy
-156.4179
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0522
eV
Direct band gap
0.0954
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.2537
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB4C4_8_spg33

Decomposition

Cu3SnS4 Cu

Computed at

2021-12-30 21:04:22.436923

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: agm003243641).

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 agm003243641
data_agm003243641
_cell_length_a     6.48815
_cell_length_b     7.68326
_cell_length_c     13.57331
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       676.63221
_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
  Cu1 Cu 0.93606 0.25000 0.16515 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.61365 0.48817 0.83415 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.43606 0.75000 0.33485 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.59995 0.25000 0.07341 1.00000
  Cu5 Cu 0.11365 0.51183 0.66585 1.00000
  Cu6 Cu 0.06394 0.75000 0.83485 1.00000
  Cu7 Cu 0.61365 0.01183 0.83415 1.00000
  Cu8 Cu 0.88635 0.48817 0.33415 1.00000
  Cu9 Cu 0.88635 0.01183 0.33415 1.00000
  Cu10 Cu 0.38635 0.51183 0.16585 1.00000
  Cu11 Cu 0.11365 0.98817 0.66585 1.00000
  Cu12 Cu 0.56394 0.25000 0.66515 1.00000
  Cu13 Cu 0.38635 0.98817 0.16585 1.00000
  Cu14 Cu 0.09995 0.75000 0.42659 1.00000
  Cu15 Cu 0.40005 0.75000 0.92659 1.00000
  Cu16 Cu 0.90005 0.25000 0.57341 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.88809 0.75000 0.08171 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.11191 0.25000 0.91829 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.61191 0.75000 0.58171 1.00000
  Sn4 Sn 0.38809 0.25000 0.41829 1.00000
  S1 S 0.25016 0.25000 0.59164 1.00000
  S2 S 0.24420 0.50288 0.32399 1.00000
  S3 S 0.25580 0.99712 0.82399 1.00000
  S4 S 0.27321 0.75000 0.08160 1.00000
  S5 S 0.72679 0.25000 0.91840 1.00000
  S6 S 0.24984 0.25000 0.09164 1.00000
  S7 S 0.74420 0.49712 0.17601 1.00000
  S8 S 0.25580 0.50288 0.82399 1.00000
  S9 S 0.75016 0.75000 0.90836 1.00000
  S10 S 0.74984 0.75000 0.40836 1.00000
  S11 S 0.74420 0.00288 0.17601 1.00000
  S12 S 0.77321 0.25000 0.41840 1.00000
  S13 S 0.75580 0.49712 0.67601 1.00000
  S14 S 0.24420 0.99712 0.32399 1.00000
  S15 S 0.75580 0.00288 0.67601 1.00000
  S16 S 0.22679 0.75000 0.58160 1.00000
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