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Zn3Si4

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005487293 · Space group: Pm-3m (#221)

Basic Information

Formula
Zn3Si4
Alex-ID
agm005487293
Elements
2
Sites
7
Space group
Pm-3m (#221)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
129.16
ų
Cell a
5.0548
Å
Cell b
5.0548
Å
Cell c
5.0548
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Zn3Si4
Zn
3.00 · 42.9%
Si
4.00 · 57.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.6595
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.6595
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-20.9101
eV
Raw total energy
-20.9101
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
3.1991
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A3B4_107_spg221

Decomposition

Si Zn

Computed at

2023-03-18 02:21:02.627876

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: agm005487293).

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 agm005487293
data_agm005487293
_cell_length_a     5.05481
_cell_length_b     5.05481
_cell_length_c     5.05481
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       129.15600
_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 0.00000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
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