material

HgTe
ID:

mp-358
DOI:

10.17188/1207078

Warnings: [?]
  1. Large change in volume during relaxation.
Tags: Mercury telluride High pressure experimental phase Mercury telluride - HP

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
Non-magnetic
Formation Energy / Atom
-0.106 eV

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

Energy Above Hull / Atom
0.063 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
8.15 g/cm3

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

Decomposes To
HgTe
Band Gap
0.476 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
P3121 [152]
Hall
P 31 2"
Point Group
32
Crystal System
trigonal

Band Structure

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

sign indicates spin ↑ ↓

X-Ray Diffraction

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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%)

X-Ray Absorption Spectra

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Substrates

Reference for minimal coincident interface area (MCIA) and elastic energy:
substrate orientation:
No elastic tensor calculated for this material, so elastic energies not avaialable. Sorting by MCIA instead.
substrate material substrate orientation film orientation MCIA† [Å2]
LaAlO3 (mp-2920) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 77.0
AlN (mp-661) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 57.8
AlN (mp-661) <1 0 0> <1 1 0> 170.1
CeO2 (mp-20194) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 365.8
GaAs (mp-2534) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 57.8
GaN (mp-804) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 250.3
SiO2 (mp-6930) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 196.4
SiO2 (mp-6930) <1 0 1> <1 0 0> 245.5
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <0 0 1> <1 0 1> 263.7
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <0 1 0> <1 0 1> 263.7
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 231.1
YVO4 (mp-19133) <1 1 0> <1 0 0> 196.4
TePb (mp-19717) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 77.0
Ag (mp-124) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 134.8
Ag (mp-124) <1 1 1> <1 0 0> 245.5
Bi2Te3 (mp-34202) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 231.1
GaSe (mp-1943) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 173.3
BN (mp-984) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 231.1
LiNbO3 (mp-3731) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 173.3
LiNbO3 (mp-3731) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 147.3
Bi2Se3 (mp-541837) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 57.8
MoS2 (mp-1434) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 77.0
MoS2 (mp-1434) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 196.4
Al (mp-134) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 96.3
AlN (mp-661) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 327.3
AlN (mp-661) <1 1 1> <1 0 0> 343.7
GaAs (mp-2534) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 365.8
GaAs (mp-2534) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 231.1
GaN (mp-804) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 173.3
GaN (mp-804) <1 1 0> <1 0 1> 316.5
GaN (mp-804) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 365.8
SiO2 (mp-6930) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 250.3
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 192.5
InAs (mp-20305) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 250.3
ZnSe (mp-1190) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 96.3
ZnSe (mp-1190) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 231.1
ZnSe (mp-1190) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 57.8
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 96.3
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 327.3
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 250.3
CdS (mp-672) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 134.8
CdS (mp-672) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 231.1
CdS (mp-672) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 269.6
Al (mp-134) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 96.3
Al (mp-134) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 250.3
LiF (mp-1138) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 134.8
LiF (mp-1138) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 96.3
LiF (mp-1138) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 250.3
Te2W (mp-22693) <0 0 1> <1 0 0> 196.4
Te2W (mp-22693) <0 1 1> <1 1 0> 170.1
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†minimal coincident interface area.

Elasticity

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Piezoelectricity

Reference for tensor and properties: Methodology
Piezoelectric Tensor eij (C/m2)
0.68044 -0.68044 -0.00000 -0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 -0.68044
0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 -0.00000 0.00000
Piezoelectric Modulus ‖eij‖max
0.96229 C/m2
Crystallographic Direction vmax
-1.00000
-0.00000
-0.00000

Dielectric Properties

Reference for tensor and properties: Methodology
Dielectric Tensor εij∞ (electronic contribution)
13.45 -0.00 0.00
-0.00 13.45 0.00
0.00 0.00 19.03
Dielectric Tensor εij (total)
31.05 -0.00 0.00
-0.00 31.05 0.00
0.00 0.00 60.58
Polycrystalline dielectric constant εpoly∞
(electronic contribution)
4.97
Polycrystalline dielectric constant εpoly
(total)
4.97
Refractive Index n
2.23
Potentially ferroelectric?
Unknown

Similar Structures beta feature

Explanation of dissimilarity measure: Documentation.
material dissimilarity Ehull # of elements
BiN (mvc-13729) 0.6302 0.492 2
InS (mp-630528) 0.7439 0.028 2
HgSe (mp-1018722) 0.5614 0.037 2
HgTe (mp-1071269) 0.2330 0.068 2
P (mp-7245) 0.7230 0.089 1
Up to 5 similar elemental, binary, ternary, quaternary, etc. structures displayed (dissimilarity threshold 0.75). Ehull: energy above hull per atom [eV].

Synthesis Descriptions

10.1016/j.jcis.2006.12.035
The procedure to synthesize HgTe nanocrystals was as follows: HgO (0.108 g, 0.5 mmol) was mixed with 0.35 g (1.25 mmol) OA and 8 g ODE in a 25 ml three-neck flask. The mixture was heated to 100C und [...]
10.1016/j.matlet.2007.08.065
CdTe and HgTe films were carried out by CSS [4]. At first, CdTe thin films were deposited on borosilicate glass substrates (corning 7059). The source material (CdTe 99.999%) was placed in a graphite b [...]
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Calculation Summary

Structure Optimization

Run Type
GGA
Energy Cutoff
520 eV
# of K-points
None
U Values
--
Pseudopotentials
VASP PAW: Te Hg
Final Energy/Atom
-1.8288 eV
Corrected Energy
-10.9728 eV
-10.9728 eV = -10.9728 eV (uncorrected energy)

Detailed input parameters and outputs for all calculations

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ICSD IDs
  • 41592
  • 41593
  • 67861
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User remarks:
  • High pressure experimental phase
  • Mercury telluride - HP

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)