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YZn3Ge2

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Alex-ID: agm034507544 · Space group: P6/mmm (#191)

Basic Information

Formula
YZn3Ge2
Alex-ID
agm034507544
Elements
3
Sites
6
Space group
P6/mmm (#191)
Crystal system
hexagonal
Volume
112.40
ų
Cell a
5.4002
Å
Cell b
5.4002
Å
Cell c
4.4508
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
120.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
YZn3Ge2
Y
1.00 · 16.7%
Zn
3.00 · 50.0%
Ge
2.00 · 33.3%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2116
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1428
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-20.3894
eV
Raw total energy
-20.3894
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.0209
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2C3_659_spg191

Decomposition

Y4Zn5Ge6 Y2Zn17 Ge

Computed at

2025-04-13 20:05:15

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: agm034507544).

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 agm034507544
data_agm034507544
_cell_length_a     5.40015
_cell_length_b     5.40015
_cell_length_c     4.45080
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  120.00000
_cell_volume       112.40367
_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
  Y1 Y 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Ge1 Ge 0.33333 0.66667 0.00000 1.00000
  Ge2 Ge 0.66667 0.33333 0.00000 1.00000
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