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Cu3SnI9

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm006005656 · Space group: Cc (#9)

Basic Information

Formula
Cu3SnI9
Alex-ID
agm006005656
Elements
3
Sites
26
Space group
Cc (#9)
Crystal system
monoclinic
Volume
1,105.84
ų
Cell a
9.6132
Å
Cell b
11.6777
Å
Cell c
11.9988
Å
α angle
71.49
°
β angle
66.39
°
γ angle
65.69
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Cu3SnI9
Cu
6.00 · 23.1%
Sn
2.00 · 7.7%
I
18.00 · 69.2%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0796
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1359
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-64.4017
eV
Raw total energy
-64.4017
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.2452
eV
Direct band gap
0.2452
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.1345
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C9_269_spg9

Decomposition

SnI4 I Cu3I4

Computed at

2023-08-11 11:36:05.758915

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: agm006005656).

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 agm006005656
data_agm006005656
_cell_length_a     9.61318
_cell_length_b     11.67774
_cell_length_c     11.99883
_cell_angle_alpha  71.48522
_cell_angle_beta   66.38509
_cell_angle_gamma  65.69445
_cell_volume       1105.84005
_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
  Cu1 Cu 0.79214 0.55660 0.66300 1.00000
  Cu2 Cu 0.98827 0.05660 0.16300 1.00000
  Cu3 Cu 0.02211 0.92429 0.82975 1.00000
  Cu4 Cu 0.22384 0.42429 0.32975 1.00000
  Cu5 Cu 0.55949 0.28999 0.73010 1.00000
  Cu6 Cu 0.42042 0.78999 0.23011 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.00153 0.49977 0.00539 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.49331 0.99977 0.50539 1.00000
  I1 I 0.37923 0.19443 0.29987 1.00000
  I2 I 0.12647 0.69443 0.79987 1.00000
  I3 I 0.32523 0.31240 0.93634 1.00000
  I4 I 0.42603 0.81240 0.43634 1.00000
  I5 I 0.18613 0.07444 0.69942 1.00000
  I6 I 0.04001 0.57444 0.19941 1.00000
  I7 I 0.67251 0.68779 0.05081 1.00000
  I8 I 0.58890 0.18778 0.55081 1.00000
  I9 I 0.85200 0.90900 0.33776 1.00000
  I10 I 0.90124 0.40900 0.83776 1.00000
  I11 I 0.65086 0.79246 0.68517 1.00000
  I12 I 0.87150 0.29247 0.18517 1.00000
  I13 I 0.39450 0.55877 0.32110 1.00000
  I14 I 0.72564 0.05876 0.82109 1.00000
  I15 I 0.67112 0.46118 0.57480 1.00000
  I16 I 0.29290 0.96118 0.07480 1.00000
  I17 I 0.84571 0.99639 0.04434 1.00000
  I18 I 0.11357 0.49639 0.54434 1.00000
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