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KHgGeTe4

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Alex-ID: agm005048814 · Space group: P2_1/m (#11)

Basic Information

Formula
KHgGeTe4
Alex-ID
agm005048814
Elements
4
Sites
14
Space group
P2_1/m (#11)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
546.24
ų
Cell a
7.5210
Å
Cell b
7.1423
Å
Cell c
10.5888
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
106.19
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
KHgGeTe4
K
2.00 · 14.3%
Hg
2.00 · 14.3%
Ge
2.00 · 14.3%
Te
8.00 · 57.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0917
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.2390
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-40.6408
eV
Raw total energy
-40.6408
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0227
eV
DOS at Fermi level
1.9132
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABCD4_513_spg11

Decomposition

K2Te5 K3GeTe3 HgTe GeTe

Computed at

2022-07-15 11:15:50.581492

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: agm005048814).

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 agm005048814
data_agm005048814
_cell_length_a     7.52101
_cell_length_b     7.14233
_cell_length_c     10.58875
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   106.19163
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       546.24016
_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
  K1 K 0.79784 0.75000 0.96445 1.00000
  K2 K 0.20216 0.25000 0.03555 1.00000
  Hg1 Hg 0.72442 0.75000 0.30908 1.00000
  Hg2 Hg 0.27558 0.25000 0.69092 1.00000
  Ge1 Ge 0.23940 0.75000 0.30212 1.00000
  Ge2 Ge 0.76060 0.25000 0.69788 1.00000
  Te1 Te 0.99956 0.52268 0.71569 1.00000
  Te2 Te 0.00044 0.02268 0.28431 1.00000
  Te3 Te 0.00044 0.47732 0.28431 1.00000
  Te4 Te 0.99956 0.97732 0.71569 1.00000
  Te5 Te 0.37448 0.75000 0.10048 1.00000
  Te6 Te 0.62552 0.25000 0.89952 1.00000
  Te7 Te 0.53525 0.75000 0.51124 1.00000
  Te8 Te 0.46475 0.25000 0.48876 1.00000
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