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MP-ID: mp-884675 · Space group: Pbam (#55)

Basic Information

Formula
BaCuO2
MP-ID
mp-884675
Elements
3
Sites
16
Density
5.7866
g/cm³
Volume
267.30
ų
Cell a
3.7028
Å
Cell b
6.0611
Å
Cell c
11.9104
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
Space Group
Pbam
Point Group
mmm
Crystal System
Orthorhombic
Bravais Lattice
oP
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)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
14.88 5.9552 7.7 (0,0,2)
20.91 4.2479 7.8 (0,1,2)
24.03 3.7028 6.1 (1,0,0)
29.24 3.0541 1.1 (1,1,1)
29.47 3.0306 36.4 (0,2,0)
30.01 2.9776 29.6 (0,0,4)
30.44 2.9370 1.7 (0,2,1)
32.07 2.7912 100.0 (1,1,2)
33.53 2.6725 6.3 (0,1,4)
36.34 2.4723 1.1 (1,1,3)
38.38 2.3452 7.8 (1,2,0)
38.81 2.3204 4.9 (1,0,4)
41.38 2.1821 1.9 (1,2,2)
41.68 2.1670 7.5 (1,1,4)
42.56 2.1240 29.3 (0,2,4)
49.22 1.8514 11.8 (2,0,0)
49.47 1.8424 1.6 (1,2,4)
52.14 1.7542 1.5 (1,3,1)
52.29 1.7495 2.2 (1,0,6)
53.94 1.6998 20.4 (1,3,2)
54.03 1.6972 1.6 (2,1,2)
54.60 1.6809 18.8 (1,1,6)
54.92 1.6719 1.2 (0,3,4)
55.32 1.6606 2.1 (0,2,6)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-1.88213
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-5.86066
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.1098
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-5.5172
eV/atom
Volume/atom
16.71
ų
c/a Ratio
3.2166

Electronic Properties

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

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
Yes
Total Mag. Moment
3.4576
μB
Mag. Ordering
FM
Mag. Sites
4
Magnetization/Volume
0.012940
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
O · 0.500
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0397
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.6442
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
0.0000
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
55.009%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
1.0831
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.250
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
0.000
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9464
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (2)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-884675
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of BaCuO2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-884675, 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_BaCuO2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.70276200
_cell_length_b   6.06111700
_cell_length_c   11.91043100
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   BaCuO2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Ba4 Cu4 O8'
_cell_volume   267.30429871
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
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
  Ba  Ba0  1  0.50000000  0.73097600  0.64271700  1.0
  Ba  Ba1  1  0.50000000  0.26902400  0.35728300  1.0
  Ba  Ba2  1  0.50000000  0.23097600  0.85728300  1.0
  Ba  Ba3  1  0.50000000  0.76902400  0.14271700  1.0
  Cu  Cu4  1  0.00000000  0.73339500  0.87369800  1.0
  Cu  Cu5  1  0.00000000  0.26660500  0.12630200  1.0
  Cu  Cu6  1  0.00000000  0.23339500  0.62630200  1.0
  Cu  Cu7  1  0.00000000  0.76660500  0.37369800  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.50000000  0.73890000  0.41452700  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.50000000  0.76110000  0.91452700  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.00000000  0.00838400  0.26046600  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.00000000  0.99161600  0.73953400  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.50000000  0.26110000  0.58547300  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.50000000  0.23890000  0.08547300  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.00000000  0.50838400  0.23953400  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.00000000  0.49161600  0.76046600  1.0
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