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K8Sn6Sb

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm072284201 · Space group: R-3 (#148)

Basic Information

Formula
K8Sn6Sb
Alex-ID
agm072284201
Elements
3
Sites
15
Space group
R-3 (#148)
Crystal system
trigonal
Volume
667.69
ų
Cell a
8.7478
Å
Cell b
8.7478
Å
Cell c
8.7478
Å
α angle
87.59
°
β angle
87.59
°
γ angle
87.59
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
K8Sn6Sb
K
8.00 · 53.3%
Sn
6.00 · 40.0%
Sb
1.00 · 6.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.1386
eV/atom
Formation energy
-0.1926
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-39.8457
eV
Raw total energy
-39.8457
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
12.9860
Total magnetisation
-0.0026
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB6C8_3_spg148

Decomposition

K8SnSb4 K3Sb KSn

Computed at

2024-10-06 14:56:13.124660

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: agm072284201).

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}
}

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Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm072284201
data_agm072284201
_cell_length_a     8.74780
_cell_length_b     8.74780
_cell_length_c     8.74780
_cell_angle_alpha  87.58927
_cell_angle_beta   87.58927
_cell_angle_gamma  87.58927
_cell_volume       667.68872
_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
  K1 K 0.78298 0.78298 0.78298 1.00000
  K2 K 0.21702 0.21702 0.21702 1.00000
  K3 K 0.22837 0.65549 0.91562 1.00000
  K4 K 0.65549 0.91562 0.22837 1.00000
  K5 K 0.91562 0.22837 0.65549 1.00000
  K6 K 0.77163 0.34451 0.08438 1.00000
  K7 K 0.34451 0.08438 0.77163 1.00000
  K8 K 0.08438 0.77163 0.34451 1.00000
  Sn1 Sn 0.73942 0.56494 0.45090 1.00000
  Sn2 Sn 0.56494 0.45090 0.73942 1.00000
  Sn3 Sn 0.45090 0.73942 0.56494 1.00000
  Sn4 Sn 0.26058 0.43506 0.54910 1.00000
  Sn5 Sn 0.43506 0.54910 0.26058 1.00000
  Sn6 Sn 0.54910 0.26058 0.43506 1.00000
  Sb1 Sb 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000
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