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LiCa3Si2

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Alex-ID: agm005674020 · Space group: Cmcm (#63)

Basic Information

Formula
LiCa3Si2
Alex-ID
agm005674020
Elements
3
Sites
24
Space group
Cmcm (#63)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
619.87
ų
Cell a
7.9860
Å
Cell b
9.8799
Å
Cell c
9.8374
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
127.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
LiCa3Si2
Li
4.00 · 16.7%
Ca
12.00 · 50.0%
Si
8.00 · 33.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1282
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.3095
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-82.4926
eV
Raw total energy
-82.4926
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0126
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.6013
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3_2057_spg63

Decomposition

Ca5Si3 Li2CaSi

Computed at

2023-08-22 12:17:01.552815

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: agm005674020).

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 agm005674020
data_agm005674020
_cell_length_a     7.98600
_cell_length_b     9.87986
_cell_length_c     9.83738
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   127.00147
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       619.86901
_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
  Li1 Li 0.64556 0.75006 0.28517 1.00000
  Li2 Li 0.85444 0.25006 0.21483 1.00000
  Li3 Li 0.35444 0.24994 0.71483 1.00000
  Li4 Li 0.14556 0.74994 0.78517 1.00000
  Ca1 Ca 0.27491 0.95096 0.07527 1.00000
  Ca2 Ca 0.22509 0.45096 0.42473 1.00000
  Ca3 Ca 0.72509 0.04904 0.92473 1.00000
  Ca4 Ca 0.77491 0.54904 0.57527 1.00000
  Ca5 Ca 0.27505 0.54901 0.07537 1.00000
  Ca6 Ca 0.22495 0.04901 0.42463 1.00000
  Ca7 Ca 0.72495 0.45099 0.92463 1.00000
  Ca8 Ca 0.77505 0.95099 0.57537 1.00000
  Ca9 Ca 0.92687 0.74996 0.19038 1.00000
  Ca10 Ca 0.57313 0.24996 0.30962 1.00000
  Ca11 Ca 0.07313 0.25004 0.80962 1.00000
  Ca12 Ca 0.42687 0.75004 0.69038 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.74994 0.00001 0.24992 1.00000
  Si2 Si 0.75006 0.50001 0.25008 1.00000
  Si3 Si 0.25006 0.99999 0.75008 1.00000
  Si4 Si 0.24994 0.49999 0.74992 1.00000
  Si5 Si 0.38914 0.75005 0.37026 1.00000
  Si6 Si 0.11086 0.25005 0.12974 1.00000
  Si7 Si 0.61086 0.24995 0.62974 1.00000
  Si8 Si 0.88914 0.74995 0.87026 1.00000
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