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K6CdI8

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Alex-ID: agm005996711 · Space group: R-3 (#148)

Basic Information

Formula
K6CdI8
Alex-ID
agm005996711
Elements
3
Sites
15
Space group
R-3 (#148)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
663.29
ų
Cell a
9.2080
Å
Cell b
9.2080
Å
Cell c
9.2080
Å
α angle
69.67
°
β angle
69.67
°
γ angle
69.67
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
K6CdI8
K
6.00 · 40.0%
Cd
1.00 · 6.7%
I
8.00 · 53.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0488
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.2557
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-38.7731
eV
Raw total energy
-38.7731
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
2.4896
eV
Direct band gap
2.5372
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0000
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB6C8_96_spg148

Decomposition

CdI2 KI

Computed at

2023-08-31 05:00:44.766573

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: agm005996711).

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 agm005996711
data_agm005996711
_cell_length_a     9.20800
_cell_length_b     9.20800
_cell_length_c     9.20800
_cell_angle_alpha  69.67219
_cell_angle_beta   69.67219
_cell_angle_gamma  69.67219
_cell_volume       663.29387
_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
  K1 K 0.05745 0.47530 0.69940 1.00000
  K2 K 0.30060 0.94255 0.52470 1.00000
  K3 K 0.52470 0.30060 0.94255 1.00000
  K4 K 0.47530 0.69940 0.05745 1.00000
  K5 K 0.69940 0.05745 0.47530 1.00000
  K6 K 0.94255 0.52470 0.30060 1.00000
  Cd1 Cd 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  I1 I 0.15856 0.68266 0.90214 1.00000
  I2 I 0.09786 0.84144 0.31734 1.00000
  I3 I 0.31734 0.09786 0.84144 1.00000
  I4 I 0.65853 0.65853 0.65853 1.00000
  I5 I 0.34147 0.34147 0.34147 1.00000
  I6 I 0.68266 0.90214 0.15856 1.00000
  I7 I 0.90214 0.15856 0.68266 1.00000
  I8 I 0.84144 0.31734 0.09786 1.00000
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