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ZnSiCl2

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Alex-ID: agm004012136 · Space group: C2/m (#12)

Basic Information

Formula
ZnSiCl2
Alex-ID
agm004012136
Elements
3
Sites
4
Space group
C2/m (#12)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
122.84
ų
Cell a
3.7778
Å
Cell b
3.7778
Å
Cell c
10.1000
Å
α angle
81.07
°
β angle
81.07
°
γ angle
60.03
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
ZnSiCl2
Cl
2.00 · 50.0%
Si
1.00 · 25.0%
Zn
1.00 · 25.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.7589
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.4000
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-10.8088
eV
Raw total energy
-10.8088
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.5589
eV
Direct band gap
1.8746
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0046
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC2_6934_spg160

Decomposition

Si ZnCl2

Computed at

2023-03-05 15:34:27.036556

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: agm004012136).

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 agm004012136
data_agm004012136
_cell_length_a     3.77775
_cell_length_b     3.77775
_cell_length_c     10.09997
_cell_angle_alpha  81.07016
_cell_angle_beta   81.07016
_cell_angle_gamma  60.02995
_cell_volume       122.84455
_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
  Cl1 Cl 0.04239 0.04239 0.89851 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.45761 0.45761 0.60149 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.75000 0.75000 0.75000 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.25000 0.25000 0.25000 1.00000
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