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Nb4AlZn3N8

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm063675342 · Space group: R-3m (#166)

Basic Information

Formula
Nb4AlZn3N8
Alex-ID
agm063675342
Elements
4
Sites
16
Space group
R-3m (#166)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
168.83
ų
Cell a
6.3191
Å
Cell b
6.3191
Å
Cell c
6.3191
Å
α angle
57.66
°
β angle
57.66
°
γ angle
57.66
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
Nb4AlZn3N8
Nb
4.00 · 25.0%
Al
1.00 · 6.3%
Zn
3.00 · 18.8%
N
8.00 · 50.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.2646
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.6762
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-122.2981
eV
Raw total energy
-122.2981
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
4.2894
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3C4D8_20_spg12

Decomposition

NbZn2N3 Nb5N6 Zn AlN

Computed at

2024-08-14 23:28:05.999639

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: agm063675342).

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 agm063675342
data_agm063675342
_cell_length_a     6.31908
_cell_length_b     6.31908
_cell_length_c     6.31908
_cell_angle_alpha  57.66001
_cell_angle_beta   57.66001
_cell_angle_gamma  57.66001
_cell_volume       168.82658
_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
  Nb1 Nb 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb2 Nb 0.00000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Nb3 Nb 0.50000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Nb4 Nb 0.00000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  Al1 Al 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
  Zn1 Zn 0.00000 0.50000 0.50000 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.50000 0.00000 0.50000 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.50000 0.50000 0.00000 1.00000
  N1 N 0.23842 0.76249 0.23842 1.00000
  N2 N 0.76249 0.23842 0.23842 1.00000
  N3 N 0.24502 0.24502 0.24502 1.00000
  N4 N 0.23842 0.23842 0.76249 1.00000
  N5 N 0.76158 0.76158 0.23751 1.00000
  N6 N 0.75498 0.75498 0.75498 1.00000
  N7 N 0.23751 0.76158 0.76158 1.00000
  N8 N 0.76158 0.23751 0.76158 1.00000
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