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WN2

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005249937 · Space group: Pbca (#61)

Basic Information

Formula
WN2
Alex-ID
agm005249937
Elements
2
Sites
24
Space group
Pbca (#61)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
289.33
ų
Cell a
5.3817
Å
Cell b
5.6951
Å
Cell c
9.4398
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
WN2
W
8.00 · 33.3%
N
16.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1449
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.4074
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-240.6431
eV
Raw total energy
-240.6431
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.1635
eV
Direct band gap
0.5574
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.8225
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_506_spg61

Decomposition

W2N3 N2

Computed at

2023-05-09 20:13:23.812981

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: agm005249937).

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 agm005249937
data_agm005249937
_cell_length_a     5.38171
_cell_length_b     5.69515
_cell_length_c     9.43980
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       289.32684
_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
  W1 W 0.17086 0.90137 0.87344 1.00000
  W2 W 0.67086 0.59863 0.87344 1.00000
  W3 W 0.17086 0.40137 0.62656 1.00000
  W4 W 0.67086 0.09863 0.62656 1.00000
  W5 W 0.32914 0.90137 0.37344 1.00000
  W6 W 0.82914 0.59863 0.37344 1.00000
  W7 W 0.32914 0.40137 0.12656 1.00000
  W8 W 0.82914 0.09863 0.12656 1.00000
  N1 N 0.79185 0.86034 0.99260 1.00000
  N2 N 0.29185 0.63966 0.99260 1.00000
  N3 N 0.46542 0.91810 0.77061 1.00000
  N4 N 0.96542 0.58190 0.77061 1.00000
  N5 N 0.46542 0.41810 0.72939 1.00000
  N6 N 0.96542 0.08190 0.72939 1.00000
  N7 N 0.29185 0.13966 0.50740 1.00000
  N8 N 0.79185 0.36034 0.50740 1.00000
  N9 N 0.70815 0.86034 0.49260 1.00000
  N10 N 0.20815 0.63966 0.49260 1.00000
  N11 N 0.03458 0.91810 0.27061 1.00000
  N12 N 0.53458 0.58190 0.27061 1.00000
  N13 N 0.03458 0.41810 0.22939 1.00000
  N14 N 0.53458 0.08190 0.22939 1.00000
  N15 N 0.70815 0.36034 0.00740 1.00000
  N16 N 0.20815 0.13966 0.00740 1.00000
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