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NiCl2

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm070907451 · Space group: P4_332 (#212)

Basic Information

Formula
NiCl2
Alex-ID
agm070907451
Elements
2
Sites
36
Space group
P4_332 (#212)
Crystal system
cubic
Volume
983.39
ų
Cell a
9.9443
Å
Cell b
9.9443
Å
Cell c
9.9443
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
NiCl2
Ni
12.00 · 33.3%
Cl
24.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1753
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.8116
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-128.7155
eV
Raw total energy
-128.7155
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.1809
eV
Direct band gap
0.1993
eV
DOS at Fermi level
35.3078
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_2661_spg92

Decomposition

NiCl2

Computed at

2024-08-05 22:32:00.989452

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: agm070907451).

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 agm070907451
data_agm070907451
_cell_length_a     9.94434
_cell_length_b     9.94434
_cell_length_c     9.94434
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       983.39370
_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
  Ni1 Ni 0.12500 0.65610 0.59390 1.00000
  Ni2 Ni 0.37500 0.34390 0.09390 1.00000
  Ni3 Ni 0.87500 0.15610 0.90610 1.00000
  Ni4 Ni 0.62500 0.84390 0.40610 1.00000
  Ni5 Ni 0.59390 0.12500 0.65610 1.00000
  Ni6 Ni 0.09390 0.37500 0.34390 1.00000
  Ni7 Ni 0.90610 0.87500 0.15610 1.00000
  Ni8 Ni 0.40610 0.62500 0.84390 1.00000
  Ni9 Ni 0.65610 0.59390 0.12500 1.00000
  Ni10 Ni 0.34390 0.09390 0.37500 1.00000
  Ni11 Ni 0.15610 0.90610 0.87500 1.00000
  Ni12 Ni 0.84390 0.40610 0.62500 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.38558 0.13508 0.16331 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.11442 0.86492 0.66331 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.61442 0.63508 0.33669 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.88558 0.36492 0.83669 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.16331 0.38558 0.13508 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.66331 0.11442 0.86492 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.33669 0.61442 0.63508 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.83669 0.88558 0.36492 1.00000
  Cl9 Cl 0.13508 0.16331 0.38558 1.00000
  Cl10 Cl 0.86492 0.66331 0.11442 1.00000
  Cl11 Cl 0.63508 0.33669 0.61442 1.00000
  Cl12 Cl 0.36492 0.83669 0.88558 1.00000
  Cl13 Cl 0.38508 0.13558 0.58669 1.00000
  Cl14 Cl 0.11492 0.86442 0.08669 1.00000
  Cl15 Cl 0.88508 0.36442 0.41331 1.00000
  Cl16 Cl 0.61492 0.63558 0.91331 1.00000
  Cl17 Cl 0.63558 0.91331 0.61492 1.00000
  Cl18 Cl 0.36442 0.41331 0.88508 1.00000
  Cl19 Cl 0.86442 0.08669 0.11492 1.00000
  Cl20 Cl 0.13558 0.58669 0.38508 1.00000
  Cl21 Cl 0.41331 0.88508 0.36442 1.00000
  Cl22 Cl 0.91331 0.61492 0.63558 1.00000
  Cl23 Cl 0.58669 0.38508 0.13558 1.00000
  Cl24 Cl 0.08669 0.11492 0.86442 1.00000
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