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MnCu2SiTe4

高熵材料 HEA

MP-ID: mp-1025540 · Space group: I-42m (#121)

Basic Information

Formula
MnCu2SiTe4
MP-ID
mp-1025540
Elements
4
Sites
8
Density
5.4288
g/cm³
Volume
220.39
ų
Cell a
7.3522
Å
Cell b
7.3522
Å
Cell c
7.3522
Å
α Angle
131.17
°
β Angle
131.17
°
γ Angle
71.55
°
Space Group
I-42m
Point Group
-42m
Crystal System
Tetragonal
Bravais Lattice
tI
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 22)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
14.85 5.9650 2.0 (1,1,-1)
25.54 3.4871 100.0 (2,0,-1)
29.39 3.0392 8.4 (1,-1,1)
29.96 2.9825 4.0 (2,2,-2)
33.82 2.6504 1.7 (2,-1,-1)
42.04 2.1490 22.3 (2,-2,0)
42.47 2.1287 43.5 (3,1,-3)
49.84 1.8295 30.4 (3,-1,-2)
50.58 1.8046 14.6 (3,3,-4)
52.48 1.7436 3.2 (4,0,-2)
60.97 1.5196 7.0 (2,-2,2)
62.26 1.4913 3.3 (4,4,-4)
67.20 1.3931 5.9 (4,-2,-1)
67.81 1.3820 11.4 (5,1,-4)
69.11 1.3592 1.4 (3,-3,1)
69.41 1.3540 1.3 (4,0,-4)
70.32 1.3388 1.3 (5,3,-5)
77.12 1.2368 13.5 (5,-1,-3)
77.99 1.2252 6.6 (4,4,-6)
82.52 1.1690 6.4 (4,-2,-3)
83.09 1.1624 3.2 (6,0,-3)
84.23 1.1495 3.1 (5,5,-6)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.22277
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-18.57521
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0235
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-4.5111
eV/atom
Volume/atom
27.55
ų
c/a Ratio
1.0000

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
5.0007
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
1
Magnetization/Volume
0.022690
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Te · 0.500
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.125
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.2130
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
10.0849
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
2.7346
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
6.178%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1793
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.125
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-4.063
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8750
SS Former
1
Phase Tendency
SS

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1025540
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of MnCu2SiTe4 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1025540, 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

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_MnCu2SiTe4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.35219257
_cell_length_b   7.35219257
_cell_length_c   7.35219257
_cell_angle_alpha   131.16604774
_cell_angle_beta   131.16604774
_cell_angle_gamma   71.54939650
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   MnCu2SiTe4
_chemical_formula_sum   'Mn1 Cu2 Si1 Te4'
_cell_volume   220.38940366
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
  Mn  Mn0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu1  1  0.25000000  0.75000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu2  1  0.75000000  0.25000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Si  Si3  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Te  Te4  1  0.39133500  0.86899200  0.00000000  1.0
  Te  Te5  1  0.86899200  0.39133500  0.00000000  1.0
  Te  Te6  1  0.13100800  0.13100800  0.52234300  1.0
  Te  Te7  1  0.60866500  0.60866500  0.47765700  1.0
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