material

K2SnCl6
ID:

mp-23499
DOI:

10.17188/1199552

Tags: Dipotassium hexachlorostannate

Material Details

Final Magnetic Moment
0.000 μB

Calculated total magnetic moment for the unit cell within the magnetic ordering provided (see below). Typically accurate to the second digit.
Magnetic Ordering
NM
Formation Energy / Atom
-1.846 eV

Calculated formation energy from the elements normalized to per atom in the unit cell.

Energy Above Hull / Atom
0.007 eV

The energy of decomposition of this material into the set of most stable materials at this chemical composition, in eV/atom. Stability is tested against all potential chemical combinations that result in the material's composition. For example, a Co2O3 structure would be tested for decomposition against other Co2O3 structures, against Co and O2 mixtures, and against CoO and O2 mixtures.

Density
2.53 g/cm3

The calculated bulk crystalline density, typically underestimated due calculated cell volumes overestimated on average by 3% (+/- 6%)

Decomposes To
K2SnCl6
Band Gap
2.618 eV

In general, band gaps computed with common exchange-correlation functionals such as the LDA and GGA are severely underestimated. Typically the disagreement is reported to be ~50% in the literature. Some internal testing by the Materials Project supports these statements; typically, we find that band gaps are underestimated by ~40%. We additionally find that several known insulators are predicted to be metallic.

Space Group

Hermann Mauguin
Fm3m [225]
Hall
-F 4 2 3
Point Group
m3m
Crystal System
cubic

Electronic Structure

Topological data for ICSD ID 604 from Topological Materials Database
Topological Classification
trivial*
Subclassification
LCEBR†
* trivial insulator or metal
† Linear Combination of Elementary Band Representations

Band Structure and Density of States

Warning! Semi-local DFT tends to severely underestimate bandgaps. Please see the wiki for more info.

X-Ray Diffraction

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  • Cu
  • Ag
  • Mo
  • Fe

Calculated powder diffraction pattern; note that peak spacings may be affected due to inaccuracies in calculated cell volume, which is typically overestimated on average by 3% (+/- 6%)

Substrates

Reference for minimal coincident interface area (MCIA) and elastic energy:
substrate orientation:
substrate material substrate orientation film orientation elastic energy [meV] MCIA† [Å2]
LaF3 (mp-905) <0 0 1> <1 1 1> 0.000 181.6
Cu (mp-30) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.000 104.8
Cu (mp-30) <1 1 0> <1 1 0> 0.000 148.3
Ni (mp-23) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.001 209.7
MoSe2 (mp-1634) <0 0 1> <1 1 1> 0.001 181.6
YVO4 (mp-19133) <0 0 1> <1 0 0> 0.001 104.8
WSe2 (mp-1821) <0 0 1> <1 1 1> 0.001 181.6
Au (mp-81) <1 1 0> <1 1 0> 0.002 148.3
Bi2Se3 (mp-541837) <0 0 1> <1 1 1> 0.004 181.6
BaTiO3 (mp-5986) <0 0 1> <1 0 0> 0.006 209.7
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.007 209.7
Al2O3 (mp-1143) <0 0 1> <1 1 1> 0.010 181.6
Ag (mp-124) <1 1 0> <1 1 0> 0.011 148.3
Al (mp-134) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.017 209.7
Ge(Bi3O5)4 (mp-23352) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.017 104.8
Ge(Bi3O5)4 (mp-23352) <1 1 0> <1 1 0> 0.018 148.3
Ge(Bi3O5)4 (mp-23352) <1 1 1> <1 1 1> 0.018 181.6
InP (mp-20351) <1 1 0> <1 1 0> 0.031 148.3
InP (mp-20351) <1 1 1> <1 1 1> 0.031 181.6
YVO4 (mp-19133) <1 0 0> <1 1 1> 0.043 181.6
KCl (mp-23193) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.076 209.7
TePb (mp-19717) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.100 209.7
LiNbO3 (mp-3731) <1 0 0> <1 1 0> 0.102 148.3
Up to 50 entries displayed.
†minimal coincident interface area.

Elasticity

Reference for tensor and properties:
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Stiffness Tensor Cij (GPa)
18 9 9 0 0 0
9 18 9 0 0 0
9 9 18 0 0 0
0 0 0 7 0 0
0 0 0 0 7 0
0 0 0 0 0 7
Compliance Tensor Sij (10-12Pa-1)
77.3 -24.6 -24.6 0 0 0
-24.6 77.3 -24.6 0 0 0
-24.6 -24.6 77.3 0 0 0
0 0 0 143.9 0 0
0 0 0 0 143.9 0
0 0 0 0 0 143.9
Shear Modulus GV
6 GPa
Bulk Modulus KV
12 GPa
Shear Modulus GR
6 GPa
Bulk Modulus KR
12 GPa
Shear Modulus GVRH
6 GPa
Bulk Modulus KVRH
12 GPa
Elastic Anisotropy
0.15
Poisson's Ratio
0.28

Dielectric Properties

Reference for tensor and properties: Methodology
Dielectric Tensor εij∞ (electronic contribution)
2.76 0.00 0.00
0.00 2.76 -0.00
0.00 -0.00 2.76
Dielectric Tensor εij (total)
16.44 0.00 0.00
0.00 16.44 -0.00
0.00 -0.00 16.44
Polycrystalline dielectric constant εpoly∞
(electronic contribution)
2.76
Polycrystalline dielectric constant εpoly
(total)
16.44
Refractive Index n
1.66
Potentially ferroelectric?
Unknown

Similar Structures beta feature

Explanation of dissimilarity measure: Documentation.
material dissimilarity Ehull # of elements
Tl2SnCl6 (mp-27832) 0.0088 0.000 3
Cs2SnI6 (mp-27636) 0.0050 0.000 3
Rb2SnBr6 (mp-569028) 0.0026 0.000 3
Ti(NCl3)2 (mp-1079299) 0.0199 1.196 3
Pt(NCl3)2 (mp-1080472) 0.0086 0.986 3
LiMgH6Ir (mp-866640) 0.2322 0.000 4
Rb19O3 (mp-779582) 0.6095 0.043 2
Up to 5 similar elemental, binary, ternary, quaternary, etc. structures displayed (dissimilarity threshold 0.75). Ehull: energy above hull per atom [eV].

Calculation Summary

Elasticity

Methodology

Structure Optimization

Run Type
GGA
Energy Cutoff
520 eV
# of K-points
None
U Values
--
Pseudopotentials
VASP PAW: K_sv Sn_d Cl
Final Energy/Atom
-3.3723 eV
Corrected Energy
-34.0345 eV
Uncorrected energy = -30.3505 eV Composition-based energy adjustment (-0.614 eV/atom x 6.0 atoms) = -3.6840 eV Corrected energy = -34.0345 eV

Detailed input parameters and outputs for all calculations

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ICSD IDs
  • 1668
  • 604
  • 6058
  • 23991
  • 26111
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User remarks:
  • Dipotassium hexachlorostannate

Displaying lattice parameters for primitive cell; note that calculated cell volumes are typically overestimated on average by 3% (+/- 6%). Note the primitive cell may appear less symmetric than the conventional cell representation (see "Structure Type" selector below the 3d structure)