Ni3(PO4)4

High-Entropy Materials HEA Traditional Materials TRA

MP-ID: mp-697806 · Space group: C2/c (#15)

Materials Project API

Basic Information

Formula

Ni3(PO4)4

MP-ID

mp-697806

Elements

Sites

Density

2.8906

g/cm³

Volume

638.76

Å³

Cell a

9.9408

Cell b

9.9408

Cell c

10.6503

α Angle

88.58

β Angle

88.58

γ Angle

37.38

Space Group

C2/c

Point Group

2/m

Crystal System

Monoclinic

Bravais Lattice

Monoclinic C

Stability

Packing Fraction

0.5240

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern

Target / Radiation

X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; CuKa ; λ=1.5406 Å

Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)

2θ	d (Å)	I	hkl
9.40	9.4133	100.0	(1,1,0)
14.68	6.0352	33.4	(1,0,0)
16.65	5.3233	5.0	(0,0,2)
16.83	5.2693	30.6	(1,0,1)
16.95	5.2315	31.8	(1,0,-1)
18.85	4.7067	2.7	(2,2,0)
18.94	4.6865	10.8	(1,1,2)
19.37	4.5827	13.2	(1,1,-2)
19.86	4.4710	3.6	(2,1,0)
24.92	3.5727	6.5	(2,2,2)
25.59	3.4812	8.1	(2,2,-2)
25.78	3.4555	2.4	(2,1,2)
26.27	3.3927	2.1	(2,1,-2)
27.52	3.2416	9.3	(3,2,0)
28.01	3.1857	3.5	(1,-1,0)
28.60	3.1207	6.9	(3,2,1)
28.97	3.0818	3.6	(3,2,-1)
29.08	3.0704	12.6	(1,0,3)
29.26	3.0520	1.8	(1,-1,1)
29.30	3.0480	5.2	(1,0,-3)
29.60	3.0176	3.4	(2,0,0)
30.73	2.9096	1.5	(2,0,1)
32.75	2.7346	10.8	(3,3,2)
32.76	2.7336	31.7	(1,-1,2)

Get direct link

Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

-1.68075

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-6.81856

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.3165

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-6.0092

eV/atom

Volume/atom

13.89

Å³

c/a Ratio

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Total Mag. Moment

0.5337

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.000840

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

O · 0.696

Element Family

Metalloid-Nonmetal

Solute Fraction

0.304

Interstitial Fraction

0.174

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)

Element-Class Share

Mix Entropy ΔS/R

0.8223

HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)

Mix Entropy ΔS

6.8370

J/mol·K

Ω Parameter

0.8004

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

33.811%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.6350

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

4.957

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-2.722

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.7485

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Traditional Material Features

ROM Blended-Feature Radar

Rating & Classification

Tier

Score

0.451

Family

Interstitial Alloy

Matrix Element

O · 0.696

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (3)

aaacbvrt aaacyxrn aaadrwcv

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-697806

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Ni3(PO4)4 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-697806, database version v2026.09.28).

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

BibTeX

@article{Horton2025,
  author  = {Horton, Matthew K. and Huck, Patrick and Yang, Ruo Xi and Munro, Jason M. and Dwaraknath, Shyam and Ganose, Alex M. and Kingsbury, Ryan S. and Wen, Mingjian and Shen, Jimmy X. and Mathis, Tyler S. and Kaplan, Aaron D. and Berket, Karlo and Riebesell, Janosh and George, Janine and Rosen, Andrew S. and Spotte-Smith, Evan W. C. and McDermott, Matthew J. and Cohen, Orion A. and Dunn, Alex and Kuner, Matthew C. and Rignanese, Gian-Marco and Petretto, Guido and Waroquiers, David and Griffin, Sinead M. and Neaton, Jeffrey B. and Chrzan, Daryl C. and Asta, Mark and Hautier, Geoffroy and Cholia, Shreyas and Ceder, Gerbrand and Ong, Shyue Ping and Jain, Anubhav and Persson, Kristin A.},
  title   = {Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project},
  journal = {Nature Materials},
  year    = {2025},
  volume  = {24},
  number  = {10},
  pages   = {1522--1532},
  month   = {oct},
  doi     = {10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0},
  issn    = {1476-4660},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0},
  abstract = {The Materials Project was launched formally in 2011 to drive materials discovery forwards through high-throughput computation and open data. More than a decade later, the Materials Project has become an indispensable tool used by more than 600,000 materials researchers around the world. This Perspective describes how the Materials Project, as a data platform and a software ecosystem, has helped to shape research in data-driven materials science. We cover how sustainable software and computational methods have accelerated materials design while becoming more open source and collaborative in nature. Next, we present cases where the Materials Project was used to understand and discover functional materials. We then describe our efforts to meet the needs of an expanding user base, through technical infrastructure updates ranging from data architecture and cloud resources to interactive web applications. Finally, we discuss opportunities to better aid the research community, with the vision that more accessible and easy-to-understand materials data will result in democratized materials knowledge and an increasingly collaborative community.}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

Loading 3D structure…

Style: Ball & Stick | Drag to rotate · Scroll to zoom · Right-click to pan

Raw CIF Data

# generated using pymatgen
data_Ni3(PO4)4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   9.94079521
_cell_length_b   9.94079521
_cell_length_c   10.65030586
_cell_angle_alpha   88.58141442
_cell_angle_beta   88.58141442
_cell_angle_gamma   37.38257225
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Ni3(PO4)4
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ni6 P8 O32'
_cell_volume   638.76431145
_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
  Ni  Ni0  1  0.36561500  0.32719600  0.25156100  1.0
  Ni  Ni1  1  0.67280400  0.63438500  0.24843900  1.0
  Ni  Ni2  1  0.32719600  0.36561500  0.75156100  1.0
  Ni  Ni3  1  0.63438500  0.67280400  0.74843900  1.0
  Ni  Ni4  1  0.50000000  0.00000000  0.00000000  1.0
  Ni  Ni5  1  0.00000000  0.50000000  0.50000000  1.0
  P  P6  1  0.18374900  0.21921100  0.75422200  1.0
  P  P7  1  0.81625100  0.78078900  0.24577800  1.0
  P  P8  1  0.24707900  0.58529600  0.49369800  1.0
  P  P9  1  0.58529600  0.24707900  0.99369800  1.0
  P  P10  1  0.21921100  0.18374900  0.25422200  1.0
  P  P11  1  0.75292100  0.41470400  0.50630200  1.0
  P  P12  1  0.78078900  0.81625100  0.74577800  1.0
  P  P13  1  0.41470400  0.75292100  0.00630200  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.03433700  0.66866300  0.49289600  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.78850200  0.69245900  0.35611700  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.52539700  0.63411200  0.87887500  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.98593900  0.32044500  0.22483700  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.77563500  0.19526000  0.96418900  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.63411200  0.52539700  0.37887500  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.66866300  0.03433700  0.99289600  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.58859800  0.58625700  0.61251400  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.01406100  0.67955500  0.77516300  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.76158300  0.72572900  0.63761900  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.72572900  0.76158300  0.13761900  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.96566300  0.33133700  0.50710400  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.05298600  0.64060600  0.21857200  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.19526000  0.77563500  0.46418900  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.58625700  0.58859800  0.11251400  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.47460300  0.36588800  0.12112500  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.69245900  0.78850200  0.85611700  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.64060600  0.05298600  0.71857200  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.35939400  0.94701400  0.28142800  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.27427100  0.23841700  0.86238100  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.32044500  0.98593900  0.72483700  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.41140200  0.41374300  0.38748600  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.67955500  0.01406100  0.27516300  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.23841700  0.27427100  0.36238100  1.0
  O  O38  1  0.36588800  0.47460300  0.62112500  1.0
  O  O39  1  0.41374300  0.41140200  0.88748600  1.0
  O  O40  1  0.21149800  0.30754100  0.64388300  1.0
  O  O41  1  0.94701400  0.35939400  0.78142800  1.0
  O  O42  1  0.33133700  0.96566300  0.00710400  1.0
  O  O43  1  0.22436500  0.80474000  0.03581100  1.0
  O  O44  1  0.80474000  0.22436500  0.53581100  1.0
  O  O45  1  0.30754100  0.21149800  0.14388300  1.0

Get direct link