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ZnCl2

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm079088732 · Space group: Pnna (#52)

Basic Information

Formula
ZnCl2
Alex-ID
agm079088732
Elements
2
Sites
24
Space group
Pnna (#52)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
655.86
ų
Cell a
8.1090
Å
Cell b
8.8254
Å
Cell c
9.1645
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
90.00
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
ZnCl2
Zn
8.00 · 33.3%
Cl
16.00 · 66.7%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
0.0223
eV/atom
Formation energy
-1.5228
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-66.8340
eV
Raw total energy
-66.8340
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
3.8891
eV
Direct band gap
3.8891
eV
DOS at Fermi level
0.0000
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB2_559_spg62

Decomposition

ZnCl2

Computed at

2025-01-09 02:03:17

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: agm079088732).

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 agm079088732
data_agm079088732
_cell_length_a     8.10904
_cell_length_b     8.82535
_cell_length_c     9.16449
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  90.00000
_cell_volume       655.85733
_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
  Zn1 Zn 0.25000 0.25000 0.58141 1.00000
  Zn2 Zn 0.75000 0.75000 0.41859 1.00000
  Zn3 Zn 0.75000 0.25000 0.91859 1.00000
  Zn4 Zn 0.25000 0.75000 0.08141 1.00000
  Zn5 Zn 0.00000 0.91563 0.75000 1.00000
  Zn6 Zn 0.00000 0.08437 0.25000 1.00000
  Zn7 Zn 0.50000 0.58437 0.75000 1.00000
  Zn8 Zn 0.50000 0.41563 0.25000 1.00000
  Cl1 Cl 0.00995 0.24506 0.45105 1.00000
  Cl2 Cl 0.99005 0.75494 0.54895 1.00000
  Cl3 Cl 0.99005 0.24506 0.04895 1.00000
  Cl4 Cl 0.00995 0.75494 0.95105 1.00000
  Cl5 Cl 0.49005 0.25494 0.45105 1.00000
  Cl6 Cl 0.50995 0.74506 0.54895 1.00000
  Cl7 Cl 0.50995 0.25494 0.04895 1.00000
  Cl8 Cl 0.49005 0.74506 0.95105 1.00000
  Cl9 Cl 0.24505 0.04378 0.73850 1.00000
  Cl10 Cl 0.75495 0.95622 0.26150 1.00000
  Cl11 Cl 0.75495 0.04378 0.76150 1.00000
  Cl12 Cl 0.24505 0.95622 0.23850 1.00000
  Cl13 Cl 0.25495 0.45622 0.73850 1.00000
  Cl14 Cl 0.74505 0.54378 0.26150 1.00000
  Cl15 Cl 0.74505 0.45622 0.76150 1.00000
  Cl16 Cl 0.25495 0.54378 0.23850 1.00000
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