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Al4ZnH8

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Alex-ID: agm007341646 · Space group: P1 (#1)

Basic Information

Formula
Al4ZnH8
Alex-ID
agm007341646
Elements
3
Sites
13
Space group
P1 (#1)
Crystal system
triclinic
Volume
146.92
ų
Cell a
4.3331
Å
Cell b
6.7147
Å
Cell c
6.3584
Å
α angle
113.04
°
β angle
116.89
°
γ angle
91.74
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Al4ZnH8
Al
4.00 · 30.8%
Zn
1.00 · 7.7%
H
8.00 · 61.5%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2104
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.1062
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-40.7972
eV
Raw total energy
-40.7972
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.5820
eV
Direct band gap
0.9612
eV
DOS at Fermi level
-0.0541
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB4C8_483_spg1

Decomposition

Al6Zn Al3Zn4 AlH3

Computed at

2024-02-08 20:47:49

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: agm007341646).

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 agm007341646
data_agm007341646
_cell_length_a     4.33311
_cell_length_b     6.71466
_cell_length_c     6.35835
_cell_angle_alpha  113.04002
_cell_angle_beta   116.88612
_cell_angle_gamma  91.73762
_cell_volume       146.91628
_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
  Al1 Al 0.07544 0.98007 0.94669 1.00000
  Al2 Al 0.54062 0.16984 0.72389 1.00000
  Al3 Al 0.32323 0.42726 0.40836 1.00000
  Al4 Al 0.89814 0.60111 0.94551 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.92280 0.29892 0.54963 1.00000
  H1 H 0.22429 0.58888 0.22517 1.00000
  H2 H 0.57375 0.45365 0.95853 1.00000
  H3 H 0.24522 0.75397 0.93592 1.00000
  H4 H 0.67665 0.89566 0.65476 1.00000
  H5 H 0.92201 0.22415 0.04342 1.00000
  H6 H 0.84991 0.86980 0.07368 1.00000
  H7 H 0.27485 0.03892 0.79000 1.00000
  H8 H 0.47308 0.19776 0.24444 1.00000
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