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MgZnGeS4

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Alex-ID: agm062833809 · Space group: I-4 (#82)

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Basic Information

Formula
MgZnGeS4
Alex-ID
agm062833809
Elements
4
Sites
7
Space group
I-4 (#82)
Crystal system
tetragonal
Volume
156.31
ų
Cell a
6.5333
Å
Cell b
6.5333
Å
Cell c
6.5333
Å
α angle
130.79
°
β angle
130.79
°
γ angle
72.15
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
MgZnGeS4
Mg
1.00 · 14.3%
Zn
1.00 · 14.3%
Ge
1.00 · 14.3%
S
4.00 · 57.1%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0466
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.1296
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-31.9072
eV
Raw total energy
-29.2534
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
2.2906
eV
Direct band gap
2.2906
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0000
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

ABCD4_262_spg1

Decomposition

GeS2 Mg2GeS4 ZnS

Computed at

2025-06-24 21:12:20

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: agm062833809).

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 agm062833809
data_agm062833809
_cell_length_a     6.53328
_cell_length_b     6.53328
_cell_length_c     6.53328
_cell_angle_alpha  130.78720
_cell_angle_beta   130.78720
_cell_angle_gamma  72.15139
_cell_volume       156.30678
_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
  Mg1 Mg 0.75000 0.25000 0.50000 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Ge1 Ge 0.25000 0.75000 0.50000 1.00000
  S1 S 0.60329 0.64057 0.48325 1.00000
  S2 S 0.87996 0.39671 0.03728 1.00000
  S3 S 0.15732 0.12004 0.51675 1.00000
  S4 S 0.35943 0.84268 0.96272 1.00000
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