HoTe2
Traditional Materials TRA Elasticity Data ELAMP-ID: mp-1018732 · Space group: P4/nmm (#129)
Basic Information
Formula
HoTe2
MP-ID
mp-1018732
Elements
2
Sites
6
Density
8.0504
g/cm³
Volume
173.32
ų
Cell a
4.4292
Å
Cell b
4.4292
Å
Cell c
8.8349
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
P4/nmm
Point Group
4/mmm
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Bravais Lattice
tP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
-
X-ray Diffraction
Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)
| 2θ | d (Å) | I | hkl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.01 | 8.8349 | 1.7 | (0,0,1) |
| 20.10 | 4.4175 | 1.7 | (0,0,2) |
| 22.45 | 3.9595 | 19.5 | (1,0,1) |
| 28.50 | 3.1319 | 28.1 | (1,1,0) |
| 28.54 | 3.1277 | 14.3 | (1,0,2) |
| 30.28 | 2.9519 | 97.7 | (1,1,1) |
| 30.35 | 2.9450 | 35.2 | (0,0,3) |
| 35.12 | 2.5549 | 100.0 | (1,1,2) |
| 36.64 | 2.4524 | 59.4 | (1,0,3) |
| 40.74 | 2.2146 | 68.5 | (2,0,0) |
| 40.86 | 2.2087 | 4.0 | (0,0,4) |
| 45.91 | 1.9766 | 3.1 | (1,0,4) |
| 47.01 | 1.9328 | 5.8 | (2,1,1) |
| 50.50 | 1.8074 | 5.7 | (2,1,2) |
| 50.57 | 1.8050 | 4.8 | (1,1,4) |
| 51.64 | 1.7700 | 31.6 | (2,0,3) |
| 51.74 | 1.7670 | 1.1 | (0,0,5) |
| 55.94 | 1.6436 | 35.0 | (2,1,3) |
| 56.03 | 1.6412 | 16.1 | (1,0,5) |
| 58.98 | 1.5659 | 23.0 | (2,2,0) |
| 59.07 | 1.5639 | 5.5 | (2,0,4) |
| 60.12 | 1.5389 | 5.4 | (1,1,5) |
| 63.04 | 1.4747 | 2.4 | (2,1,4) |
| 63.93 | 1.4562 | 1.2 | (3,0,1) |
Energy Properties
Formation Energy/atom
-1.30239
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-29.20765
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0857
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-29.2077
eV/atom
Volume/atom
28.89
ų
c/a Ratio
1.9947
Electronic Properties
Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV
Magnetic Properties
Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
0.0000
μB
Mag. Ordering
Unknown
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų
Elastic Properties
KVRH
59.177
GPa
GVRH
22.227
GPa
Young's Modulus E
59.261
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.333
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.662
Vickers Hardness Est.
0.903
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.959
Lame λ
44.359
GPa
Feature Analysis
Composition Overview
Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Te · 0.667
Element Family
N/A
Solute Fraction
0.333
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Traditional Material Features
ROM Blended-Feature Radar
Rating & Classification
Tier
A
Score
0.565
Family
Binary Alloy
Matrix Element
Te · 0.667
Elasticity Features
Elastic Modulus Comparison (GPa)
Elastic Features
Elastic Anisotropy AU
0.9590
Homogeneous Poisson ν
0.3330
Homogeneity
0.3330
Related Tasks
Citation & References
Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1018732
Reference Citation
The crystal structure and related material properties of HoTe2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1018732, database version v2026.04.13).
Literature Citation
Horton, M.K., Huck, P., Yang, R.X. et al. Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project. Nat. Mater. 24, 1522–1532 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0
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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_HoTe2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_cell_length_a 4.42915861
_cell_length_b 4.42915861
_cell_length_c 8.83490017
_cell_angle_alpha 90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta 90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma 90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
_chemical_formula_structural HoTe2
_chemical_formula_sum 'Ho2 Te4'
_cell_volume 173.31817693
_cell_formula_units_Z 2
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
1 'x, y, z'
loop_
_atom_site_type_symbol
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
Ho Ho0 1 0.75000000 0.75000000 0.72912342 1.0
Ho Ho1 1 0.25000000 0.25000000 0.27087658 1.0
Te Te2 1 0.75000000 0.75000000 0.37215739 1.0
Te Te3 1 0.25000000 0.25000000 0.62784261 1.0
Te Te4 1 0.75000000 0.25000000 0.00000000 1.0
Te Te5 1 0.25000000 0.75000000 0.00000000 1.0
