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BCl2

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005240585 · Space group: Pbca (#61)

Basic Information

Formula
BCl2
Alex-ID
agm005240585
Elements
2
Sites
24
Space group
Pbca (#61)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
749.13
ų
Cell a
6.9399
Å
Cell b
8.3875
Å
Cell c
12.8697
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
BCl2
B
8.00 · 33.3%
Cl
16.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1153
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.1430
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-100.9126
eV
Raw total energy
-100.9126
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
2.9597
eV
Direct band gap
2.9597
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0000
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_2357_spg61

Decomposition

BCl3 B

Computed at

2023-05-09 11:30:44.737426

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: agm005240585).

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 agm005240585
data_agm005240585
_cell_length_a     6.93993
_cell_length_b     8.38751
_cell_length_c     12.86972
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       749.12998
_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
  B1 B 0.39680 0.05266 0.51339 1.00000
  B2 B 0.89680 0.44734 0.48661 1.00000
  B3 B 0.60320 0.55266 0.98661 1.00000
  B4 B 0.10320 0.94734 0.01339 1.00000
  B5 B 0.60320 0.94734 0.48661 1.00000
  B6 B 0.10320 0.55266 0.51339 1.00000
  B7 B 0.39680 0.44734 0.01339 1.00000
  B8 B 0.89680 0.05266 0.98661 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.79853 0.05499 0.86184 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.29853 0.44501 0.13816 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.20147 0.55499 0.63816 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.70147 0.94501 0.36184 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.20147 0.94501 0.13816 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.70147 0.55499 0.86184 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.79853 0.44501 0.36184 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.29853 0.05499 0.63816 1.00000
  Cl9 Cl 0.27982 0.15966 0.41486 1.00000
  Cl10 Cl 0.77982 0.34034 0.58514 1.00000
  Cl11 Cl 0.72018 0.65966 0.08514 1.00000
  Cl12 Cl 0.22018 0.84034 0.91486 1.00000
  Cl13 Cl 0.72018 0.84034 0.58514 1.00000
  Cl14 Cl 0.22018 0.65966 0.41486 1.00000
  Cl15 Cl 0.27982 0.34034 0.91486 1.00000
  Cl16 Cl 0.77982 0.15966 0.08514 1.00000
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