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Ca2SnS4

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005255808 · Space group: P2_1/c (#14)

Basic Information

Formula
Ca2SnS4
Alex-ID
agm005255808
Elements
3
Sites
28
Space group
P2_1/c (#14)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
754.24
ų
Cell a
7.4004
Å
Cell b
6.8442
Å
Cell c
15.5388
Å
α angle
73.40
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ca2SnS4
Ca
8.00 · 28.6%
Sn
4.00 · 14.3%
S
16.00 · 57.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1046
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.6721
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-144.8855
eV
Raw total energy
-134.2701
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
2.0654
eV
Direct band gap
2.0847
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0000
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C4_334_spg14

Decomposition

Ca2SnS4

Computed at

2023-05-12 08:28:00.633111

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: agm005255808).

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 agm005255808
data_agm005255808
_cell_length_a     7.40036
_cell_length_b     6.84418
_cell_length_c     15.53880
_cell_angle_alpha  73.40240
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       754.23823
_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
  Ca1 Ca 0.24903 0.80709 0.52006 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.74903 0.19291 0.97994 1.00000
  Ca3 Ca 0.75097 0.19291 0.47994 1.00000
  Ca4 Ca 0.25097 0.80709 0.02006 1.00000
  Ca5 Ca 0.12709 0.71770 0.78376 1.00000
  Ca6 Ca 0.62709 0.28230 0.71624 1.00000
  Ca7 Ca 0.87291 0.28230 0.21624 1.00000
  Ca8 Ca 0.37291 0.71770 0.28376 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.22457 0.26361 0.58858 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.72457 0.73639 0.91142 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.77543 0.73639 0.41142 1.00000
  Sn4 Sn 0.27543 0.26361 0.08858 1.00000
  S1 S 0.48333 0.03388 0.61504 1.00000
  S2 S 0.98333 0.96612 0.88496 1.00000
  S3 S 0.51667 0.96612 0.38496 1.00000
  S4 S 0.01667 0.03388 0.11504 1.00000
  S5 S 0.49439 0.99769 0.87630 1.00000
  S6 S 0.99439 0.00231 0.62370 1.00000
  S7 S 0.50561 0.00231 0.12370 1.00000
  S8 S 0.00561 0.99769 0.37630 1.00000
  S9 S 0.29439 0.48357 0.68153 1.00000
  S10 S 0.79439 0.51643 0.81847 1.00000
  S11 S 0.70561 0.51643 0.31847 1.00000
  S12 S 0.20561 0.48357 0.18153 1.00000
  S13 S 0.29946 0.47989 0.93823 1.00000
  S14 S 0.79946 0.52011 0.56177 1.00000
  S15 S 0.70054 0.52011 0.06177 1.00000
  S16 S 0.20054 0.47989 0.43823 1.00000
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