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ScNb3N4

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm015323748 · Space group: Pmmn (#59)

Basic Information

Formula
ScNb3N4
Alex-ID
agm015323748
Elements
3
Sites
16
Space group
Pmmn (#59)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
176.73
ų
Cell a
4.4366
Å
Cell b
4.5069
Å
Cell c
8.8387
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
ScNb3N4
Sc
2.00 · 12.5%
Nb
6.00 · 37.5%
N
8.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1103
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.3827
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-158.8240
eV
Raw total energy
-158.8240
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0294
eV
DOS at Fermi level
8.8095
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C4_376_spg31

Decomposition

ScNbN2 NbN

Computed at

2024-06-27 09:25:10.472494

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: agm015323748).

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 agm015323748
data_agm015323748
_cell_length_a     4.43663
_cell_length_b     4.50692
_cell_length_c     8.83870
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       176.73457
_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
  Sc1 Sc 0.00000 0.26283 0.00000 1.00000
  Sc2 Sc 0.50000 0.73717 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb1 Nb 0.50000 0.76758 0.00000 1.00000
  Nb2 Nb 0.00000 0.77927 0.24979 1.00000
  Nb3 Nb 0.50000 0.22073 0.25021 1.00000
  Nb4 Nb 0.00000 0.23242 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb5 Nb 0.50000 0.22073 0.74979 1.00000
  Nb6 Nb 0.00000 0.77927 0.75021 1.00000
  N1 N 0.00000 0.76235 0.00000 1.00000
  N2 N 0.50000 0.26658 0.00000 1.00000
  N3 N 0.00000 0.27600 0.24841 1.00000
  N4 N 0.50000 0.72400 0.25159 1.00000
  N5 N 0.00000 0.73342 0.50000 1.00000
  N6 N 0.50000 0.23765 0.50000 1.00000
  N7 N 0.50000 0.72400 0.74841 1.00000
  N8 N 0.00000 0.27600 0.75159 1.00000
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