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Ce3Nb4SiN8

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm045356056 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
Ce3Nb4SiN8
Alex-ID
agm045356056
Elements
4
Sites
16
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
201.37
ų
Cell a
6.6636
Å
Cell b
6.6636
Å
Cell c
6.6636
Å
α angle
58.36
°
β angle
58.36
°
γ angle
58.36
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Ce3Nb4SiN8
Ce
3.00 · 18.8%
Nb
4.00 · 25.0%
Si
1.00 · 6.3%
N
8.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.3132
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.1902
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-146.1667
eV
Raw total energy
-146.1667
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
9.8153
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C4D8_20_spg12

Decomposition

CeNbN2 Nb5Si3N NbN Si3N4

Computed at

2024-08-15 01:29:37.847937

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: agm045356056).

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 agm045356056
data_agm045356056
_cell_length_a     6.66364
_cell_length_b     6.66364
_cell_length_c     6.66364
_cell_angle_alpha  58.35883
_cell_angle_beta   58.35883
_cell_angle_gamma  58.35883
_cell_volume       201.36656
_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
  Ce1 Ce 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ce2 Ce 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Ce3 Ce 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb1 Nb 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb2 Nb 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Nb3 Nb 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb4 Nb 0.00000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Si1 Si 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  N1 N 0.75134 0.22541 0.75134 1.00000
  N2 N 0.75134 0.75134 0.22541 1.00000
  N3 N 0.76107 0.76107 0.76107 1.00000
  N4 N 0.22541 0.75134 0.75134 1.00000
  N5 N 0.77459 0.24866 0.24866 1.00000
  N6 N 0.23893 0.23893 0.23893 1.00000
  N7 N 0.24866 0.24866 0.77459 1.00000
  N8 N 0.24866 0.77459 0.24866 1.00000
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