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Cd(BCl4)2

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Alex-ID: agm005961858 · Space group: C2/c (#15)

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Basic Information

Formula
Cd(BCl4)2
Alex-ID
agm005961858
Elements
3
Sites
22
Space group
C2/c (#15)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
653.63
ų
Cell a
8.9118
Å
Cell b
9.5534
Å
Cell c
10.0316
Å
α angle
65.61
°
β angle
63.63
°
γ angle
62.20
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Cd(BCl4)2
Cd
2.00 · 9.1%
B
4.00 · 18.2%
Cl
16.00 · 72.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0592
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.3745
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-78.8574
eV
Raw total energy
-78.8574
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
3.6682
eV
Direct band gap
3.6684
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0000
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C8_1209_spg15

Decomposition

BCl3 CdCl2

Computed at

2023-09-24 20:13:17

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: agm005961858).

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 agm005961858
data_agm005961858
_cell_length_a     8.91182
_cell_length_b     9.55344
_cell_length_c     10.03158
_cell_angle_alpha  65.60534
_cell_angle_beta   63.62856
_cell_angle_gamma  62.19785
_cell_volume       653.63244
_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
  Cd1 Cd 0.99564 0.75000 0.25000 1.00000
  Cd2 Cd 0.00436 0.25000 0.75000 1.00000
  B1 B 0.85632 0.86640 0.95040 1.00000
  B2 B 0.32688 0.36640 0.45040 1.00000
  B3 B 0.67312 0.63360 0.54960 1.00000
  B4 B 0.14368 0.13360 0.04960 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.44494 0.73411 0.55225 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.10597 0.97041 0.23969 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.73984 0.96749 0.11321 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.22932 0.21667 0.47116 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.26016 0.03251 0.88679 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.91715 0.28333 0.02884 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.77068 0.78333 0.52884 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.17947 0.46749 0.61321 1.00000
  Cl9 Cl 0.08285 0.71667 0.97116 1.00000
  Cl10 Cl 0.73130 0.76589 0.94775 1.00000
  Cl11 Cl 0.68393 0.47041 0.73969 1.00000
  Cl12 Cl 0.31607 0.52959 0.26031 1.00000
  Cl13 Cl 0.26870 0.23411 0.05225 1.00000
  Cl14 Cl 0.82053 0.53251 0.38679 1.00000
  Cl15 Cl 0.55506 0.26589 0.44775 1.00000
  Cl16 Cl 0.89403 0.02959 0.76031 1.00000
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