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CsTh(NbCl3)6

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Alex-ID: agm022367137 · Space group: R3 (#146)

Basic Information

Formula
CsTh(NbCl3)6
Alex-ID
agm022367137
Elements
4
Sites
26
Space group
R3 (#146)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
746.18
ų
Cell a
10.4806
Å
Cell b
10.4806
Å
Cell c
10.4806
Å
α angle
56.40
°
β angle
56.40
°
γ angle
56.40
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
CsTh(NbCl3)6
Cs
1.00 · 3.8%
Th
1.00 · 3.8%
Nb
6.00 · 23.1%
Cl
18.00 · 69.2%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0217
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.8893
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-140.3896
eV
Raw total energy
-140.3896
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.1573
eV
Direct band gap
0.1772
eV
DOS at Fermi level
6.9484
Total magnetisation
1.1121
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABC6D18_5_spg146

Decomposition

Cs2ThCl6 Cs2(NbCl3)3 Th(NbCl3)6 Nb

Computed at

2024-08-25 18:39:12.846879

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: agm022367137).

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 agm022367137
data_agm022367137
_cell_length_a     10.48057
_cell_length_b     10.48057
_cell_length_c     10.48057
_cell_angle_alpha  56.39576
_cell_angle_beta   56.39576
_cell_angle_gamma  56.39576
_cell_volume       746.18064
_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
  Cs1 Cs 0.72955 0.72955 0.72955 1.00000
  Th1 Th 0.99893 0.99893 0.99893 1.00000
  Nb1 Nb 0.36053 0.59498 0.68396 1.00000
  Nb2 Nb 0.59498 0.68396 0.36053 1.00000
  Nb3 Nb 0.68396 0.36053 0.59498 1.00000
  Nb4 Nb 0.63921 0.40292 0.31688 1.00000
  Nb5 Nb 0.40292 0.31688 0.63921 1.00000
  Nb6 Nb 0.31688 0.63921 0.40292 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.83667 0.28187 0.05913 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.28187 0.05913 0.83667 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.05913 0.83667 0.28187 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.16449 0.71983 0.93685 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.71983 0.93685 0.16449 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.93685 0.16449 0.71983 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.55002 0.44199 0.83632 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.44199 0.83632 0.55002 1.00000
  Cl9 Cl 0.83632 0.55002 0.44199 1.00000
  Cl10 Cl 0.45014 0.55631 0.16312 1.00000
  Cl11 Cl 0.55631 0.16312 0.45014 1.00000
  Cl12 Cl 0.16312 0.45014 0.55631 1.00000
  Cl13 Cl 0.21986 0.39420 0.88553 1.00000
  Cl14 Cl 0.39420 0.88553 0.21986 1.00000
  Cl15 Cl 0.88553 0.21986 0.39420 1.00000
  Cl16 Cl 0.78083 0.60472 0.11375 1.00000
  Cl17 Cl 0.60472 0.11375 0.78083 1.00000
  Cl18 Cl 0.11375 0.78083 0.60472 1.00000
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