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Zn2Br

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005444048 · Space group: Cmcm (#63)

Basic Information

Formula
Zn2Br
Alex-ID
agm005444048
Elements
2
Sites
6
Space group
Cmcm (#63)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
148.96
ų
Cell a
8.9421
Å
Cell b
8.9421
Å
Cell c
4.1368
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
153.23
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Zn2Br
Zn
4.00 · 66.7%
Br
2.00 · 33.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.3112
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1318
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-9.2495
eV
Raw total energy
-9.2495
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0159
eV
DOS at Fermi level
1.2468
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_283_spg63

Decomposition

ZnBr2 Zn

Computed at

2023-03-22 02:29:03.740820

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: agm005444048).

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 agm005444048
data_agm005444048
_cell_length_a     8.94210
_cell_length_b     8.94210
_cell_length_c     4.13677
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  153.23452
_cell_volume       148.96384
_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
  Zn1 Zn 0.05301 0.94699 0.75000 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.46010 0.53990 0.75000 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.53990 0.46010 0.25000 1.00000
  Zn4 Zn 0.94699 0.05301 0.25000 1.00000
  Br1 Br 0.84087 0.15913 0.75000 1.00000
  Br2 Br 0.15913 0.84087 0.25000 1.00000
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