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KSi6

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005404813 · Space group: Im-3m (#229)

Basic Information

Formula
KSi6
Alex-ID
agm005404813
Elements
2
Sites
7
Space group
Im-3m (#229)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
155.41
ų
Cell a
5.8663
Å
Cell b
5.8663
Å
Cell c
5.8663
Å
α angle
109.47
°
β angle
109.47
°
γ angle
109.47
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
KSi6
K
1.00 · 14.3%
Si
6.00 · 85.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0473
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.0272
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-33.4498
eV
Raw total energy
-33.4498
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.8239
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB6_105_spg229

Decomposition

KSi Si

Computed at

2022-12-15 19:56:09.568385

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: agm005404813).

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 agm005404813
data_agm005404813
_cell_length_a     5.86628
_cell_length_b     5.86628
_cell_length_c     5.86628
_cell_angle_alpha  109.47122
_cell_angle_beta   109.47122
_cell_angle_gamma  109.47122
_cell_volume       155.40545
_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 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.25000 0.75000 0.50000 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.50000 0.75000 0.25000 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.25000 0.50000 0.75000 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.75000 0.25000 0.50000 1.00000
  Si5 Si 0.50000 0.25000 0.75000 1.00000
  Si6 Si 0.75000 0.50000 0.25000 1.00000
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