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Basic Information

Formula
Cu3SbSe4
MP-ID
mp-9814
Elements
3
Sites
8
Density
5.7763
g/cm³
Volume
180.60
ų
Cell a
5.6644
Å
Cell b
5.6644
Å
Cell c
6.9084
Å
α Angle
114.20
°
β Angle
114.20
°
γ Angle
90.00
°
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 21)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
17.53 5.0600 1.3 (1,0,-1)
27.33 3.2635 100.0 (1,-1,1)
28.53 3.1283 2.5 (1,0,-2)
35.48 2.5300 1.8 (2,0,-2)
36.35 2.4714 3.3 (2,1,-1)
39.12 2.3028 1.3 (1,-1,2)
45.28 2.0027 12.0 (2,-2,0)
45.28 2.0027 12.0 (2,2,-2)
45.43 1.9964 47.5 (2,0,-3)
48.91 1.8621 1.3 (3,0,-2)
53.70 1.7069 28.3 (3,-1,-2)
53.97 1.6991 13.8 (1,-1,3)
64.28 1.4492 1.5 (3,-2,-2)
65.97 1.4161 7.2 (4,0,-2)
66.44 1.4072 3.5 (0,0,4)
72.80 1.2991 5.2 (3,-3,1)
73.03 1.2956 7.7 (3,-1,-4)
73.03 1.2956 2.6 (3,1,1)
83.74 1.1550 7.1 (4,-2,-3)
83.74 1.1550 7.1 (4,2,-5)
84.07 1.1514 6.9 (2,-2,4)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.23211
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-14.66873
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0108
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-14.6687
eV/atom
Volume/atom
22.58
ų
c/a Ratio
1.2196

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
60.879
GPa
GVRH
20.692
GPa
Young's Modulus E
55.759
GPa
Poisson Ratio ν
0.347
Pugh Ratio K/G
2.942
Vickers Hardness Est.
-
GPa
Ductility
Brittle
Anisotropy
0.666
Lame λ
47.084
GPa

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Se · 0.500
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.500
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
0.9743
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.1005
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
2.6823
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
8.149%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.3097
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
6.750
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
-2.625
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.8869
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

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Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-9814
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Cu3SbSe4 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-9814, 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_Cu3SbSe4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.66440410
_cell_length_b   5.66440408
_cell_length_c   6.90842987
_cell_angle_alpha   114.20252313
_cell_angle_beta   114.20252266
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000403
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Cu3SbSe4
_chemical_formula_sum   'Cu3 Sb1 Se4'
_cell_volume   180.60350210
_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
  Cu  Cu0  1  0.75000000  0.25000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu1  1  0.50000000  0.50000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Cu  Cu2  1  0.25000000  0.75000000  0.50000000  1.0
  Sb  Sb3  1  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  -0.00000000  1.0
  Se  Se4  1  0.13207273  0.13207273  0.73268437  1.0
  Se  Se5  1  0.60061164  0.60061164  0.73268437  1.0
  Se  Se6  1  0.86792727  0.39938836  0.26731563  1.0
  Se  Se7  1  0.39938836  0.86792727  0.26731563  1.0
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