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Ba2NiBr6

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm003503566 · Space group: P4_2/mnm (#136)

Basic Information

Formula
Ba2NiBr6
Alex-ID
agm003503566
Elements
3
Sites
18
Space group
P4_2/mnm (#136)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
679.64
ų
Cell a
7.0399
Å
Cell b
7.0399
Å
Cell c
13.7134
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ba2NiBr6
Ba
4.00 · 22.2%
Ni
2.00 · 11.1%
Br
12.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1389
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.4529
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-65.4853
eV
Raw total energy
-65.4853
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.9488
eV
Direct band gap
1.0163
eV
DOS at Fermi level
-0.1674
Total magnetisation
4.1074
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C6_458_spg136

Decomposition

NiBr2 BaBr2

Computed at

2022-03-01 10:27:13.168678

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: agm003503566).

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 agm003503566
data_agm003503566
_cell_length_a     7.03992
_cell_length_b     7.03992
_cell_length_c     13.71338
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       679.64143
_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
  Ba1 Ba 0.00000 0.00000 0.33368 1.00000
  Ba2 Ba 0.50000 0.50000 0.83368 1.00000
  Ba3 Ba 0.50000 0.50000 0.16632 1.00000
  Ba4 Ba 0.00000 0.00000 0.66632 1.00000
  Ni1 Ni 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Br1 Br 0.32125 0.32125 0.36348 1.00000
  Br2 Br 0.67875 0.67875 0.36348 1.00000
  Br3 Br 0.17875 0.82125 0.86348 1.00000
  Br4 Br 0.82125 0.17875 0.86348 1.00000
  Br5 Br 0.17875 0.82125 0.13652 1.00000
  Br6 Br 0.82125 0.17875 0.13652 1.00000
  Br7 Br 0.32125 0.32125 0.63652 1.00000
  Br8 Br 0.67875 0.67875 0.63652 1.00000
  Br9 Br 0.26474 0.26474 0.00000 1.00000
  Br10 Br 0.73526 0.73526 0.00000 1.00000
  Br11 Br 0.23526 0.76474 0.50000 1.00000
  Br12 Br 0.76474 0.23526 0.50000 1.00000
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