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Ho8Sn3Te5

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm009348941 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
Ho8Sn3Te5
Alex-ID
agm009348941
Elements
3
Sites
16
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
471.70
ų
Cell a
8.7397
Å
Cell b
8.7397
Å
Cell c
8.7397
Å
α angle
59.97
°
β angle
59.97
°
γ angle
59.97
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ho8Sn3Te5
Ho
8.00 · 50.0%
Sn
3.00 · 18.8%
Te
5.00 · 31.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0057
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.1136
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-82.1625
eV
Raw total energy
-82.1625
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0341
eV
DOS at Fermi level
1.8404
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

A3B5C8_3_spg166

Decomposition

Ho2SnTe Ho3SnTe2

Computed at

2025-01-03 12:53:07

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: agm009348941).

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 agm009348941
data_agm009348941
_cell_length_a     8.73971
_cell_length_b     8.73971
_cell_length_c     8.73971
_cell_angle_alpha  59.96874
_cell_angle_beta   59.96874
_cell_angle_gamma  59.96874
_cell_volume       471.70235
_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
  Ho1 Ho 0.75000 0.23839 0.75000 1.00000
  Ho2 Ho 0.75000 0.75000 0.23839 1.00000
  Ho3 Ho 0.23839 0.75000 0.75000 1.00000
  Ho4 Ho 0.24558 0.24558 0.24558 1.00000
  Ho5 Ho 0.25000 0.76161 0.25000 1.00000
  Ho6 Ho 0.25000 0.25000 0.76161 1.00000
  Ho7 Ho 0.76161 0.25000 0.25000 1.00000
  Ho8 Ho 0.75442 0.75442 0.75442 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.00000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Te1 Te 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Te2 Te 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Te3 Te 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Te4 Te 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Te5 Te 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
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