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Sn2HgTe3

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Alex-ID: agm005602437 · Space group: Pnma (#62)

Basic Information

Formula
Sn2HgTe3
Alex-ID
agm005602437
Elements
3
Sites
24
Space group
Pnma (#62)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
752.26
ų
Cell a
6.2920
Å
Cell b
8.9281
Å
Cell c
13.3912
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.01
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Sn2HgTe3
Sn
8.00 · 33.3%
Hg
4.00 · 16.7%
Te
12.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0533
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1854
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-75.6155
eV
Raw total energy
-75.6155
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0282
eV
DOS at Fermi level
10.3943
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3_35_spg14

Decomposition

HgTe SnTe

Computed at

2023-08-25 02:22:41.712808

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: agm005602437).

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 agm005602437
data_agm005602437
_cell_length_a     6.29200
_cell_length_b     8.92810
_cell_length_c     13.39118
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.01068
_cell_volume       752.25731
_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
  Sn1 Sn 0.25022 0.87647 0.74360 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.25022 0.37647 0.75640 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.25024 0.87269 0.41972 1.00000
  Sn4 Sn 0.25024 0.37269 0.08028 1.00000
  Sn5 Sn 0.74976 0.62731 0.91972 1.00000
  Sn6 Sn 0.74976 0.12731 0.58028 1.00000
  Sn7 Sn 0.74978 0.62353 0.24360 1.00000
  Sn8 Sn 0.74978 0.12353 0.25640 1.00000
  Hg1 Hg 0.24807 0.88096 0.08983 1.00000
  Hg2 Hg 0.24807 0.38096 0.41017 1.00000
  Hg3 Hg 0.75193 0.61904 0.58983 1.00000
  Hg4 Hg 0.75193 0.11904 0.91017 1.00000
  Te1 Te 0.25088 0.62434 0.58263 1.00000
  Te2 Te 0.25088 0.12434 0.91737 1.00000
  Te3 Te 0.24985 0.62928 0.91823 1.00000
  Te4 Te 0.24985 0.12928 0.58177 1.00000
  Te5 Te 0.25020 0.62672 0.24878 1.00000
  Te6 Te 0.25020 0.12672 0.25122 1.00000
  Te7 Te 0.74980 0.87328 0.74878 1.00000
  Te8 Te 0.74980 0.37328 0.75122 1.00000
  Te9 Te 0.75015 0.87072 0.41823 1.00000
  Te10 Te 0.75015 0.37072 0.08177 1.00000
  Te11 Te 0.74912 0.87566 0.08263 1.00000
  Te12 Te 0.74912 0.37566 0.41737 1.00000
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