material

NbGe2
ID:

mp-363
DOI:

10.17188/1207160

Tags: Niobium germanide (1/2)

Material Details

Final Magnetic Moment
0.007 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
-0.347 eV

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

Energy Above Hull / Atom
0.000 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
7.97 g/cm3

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

Decomposes To
Stable
Band Gap
0.000 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
P6222 [180]
Hall
P 62 2c (0 0 1)
Point Group
622
Crystal System
hexagonal

Electronic Structure

Topological data for ICSD ID 16503 from Topological Materials Database
Topological Classification
SM*
Subclassification
ESFD†
Crossing Type
Point
* Semimetal
† Enforced Semimetal with Fermi point Degeneracy

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%)

X-Ray Absorption Spectra

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Substrates

Reference for minimal coincident interface area (MCIA) and elastic energy:
substrate orientation:
substrate material substrate orientation film orientation elastic energy [meV] MCIA† [Å2]
KCl (mp-23193) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.002 283.0
MgO (mp-1265) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.003 283.0
LiNbO3 (mp-3731) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.003 283.0
SiO2 (mp-6930) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.006 21.8
LiTaO3 (mp-3666) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.012 283.0
ZnO (mp-2133) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.016 65.3
BN (mp-984) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.018 21.8
AlN (mp-661) <1 1 0> <1 0 1> 0.018 81.2
Al2O3 (mp-1143) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.020 261.2
LiF (mp-1138) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.020 87.1
Ge3(BiO3)4 (mp-23560) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.024 195.9
InAs (mp-20305) <1 0 0> <1 1 1> 0.062 189.8
TiO2 (mp-2657) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 0.064 261.2
CdS (mp-672) <1 1 0> <1 1 0> 0.066 297.0
CdS (mp-672) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.066 171.5
BN (mp-984) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.069 239.4
ZnTe (mp-2176) <1 0 0> <1 1 1> 0.075 189.8
ZrO2 (mp-2858) <0 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.080 195.9
SiO2 (mp-6930) <1 1 0> <1 1 0> 0.086 237.6
SiC (mp-8062) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 0.098 152.4
CaCO3 (mp-3953) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.100 152.4
CaCO3 (mp-3953) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 0.105 87.1
MgF2 (mp-1249) <1 1 1> <1 0 0> 0.137 274.4
InAs (mp-20305) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.157 65.3
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.159 274.4
LiF (mp-1138) <1 0 0> <1 1 1> 0.175 253.1
ZrO2 (mp-2858) <1 0 -1> <1 1 0> 0.177 178.2
BaTiO3 (mp-5986) <0 0 1> <1 0 0> 0.180 274.4
ZnTe (mp-2176) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.183 65.3
GaSe (mp-1943) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.186 87.1
SiC (mp-11714) <1 1 0> <1 0 1> 0.188 162.5
LiGaO2 (mp-5854) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 0.190 195.9
SiC (mp-7631) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.205 261.2
CaCO3 (mp-3953) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.209 21.8
YAlO3 (mp-3792) <1 1 1> <1 0 0> 0.213 308.7
SiC (mp-8062) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 0.217 108.8
YAlO3 (mp-3792) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 0.220 283.0
GaN (mp-804) <1 0 0> <1 0 1> 0.222 203.1
Al (mp-134) <1 0 0> <1 0 0> 0.226 274.4
NdGaO3 (mp-3196) <1 0 1> <1 0 1> 0.226 162.5
C (mp-66) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.241 21.8
LiF (mp-1138) <1 1 0> <1 0 1> 0.250 284.4
CdSe (mp-2691) <1 0 0> <1 1 1> 0.276 189.8
Ge (mp-32) <1 1 0> <1 0 1> 0.288 284.4
GaN (mp-804) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.293 283.0
ZrO2 (mp-2858) <1 1 1> <1 0 1> 0.307 203.1
BN (mp-984) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 0.318 152.4
CeO2 (mp-20194) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 0.324 152.4
Te2Mo (mp-602) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.328 283.0
TeO2 (mp-2125) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 0.332 348.3
Up to 50 entries displayed.
†minimal coincident interface area.

Elasticity

Reference for tensor and properties:
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Stiffness Tensor Cij (GPa)
265 66 67 0 0 0
66 265 67 0 0 0
67 67 361 0 0 0
0 0 0 100 0 0
0 0 0 0 100 0
0 0 0 0 0 100
Compliance Tensor Sij (10-12Pa-1)
4.1 -0.9 -0.6 0 0 0
-0.9 4.1 -0.6 0 0 0
-0.6 -0.6 3 0 0 0
0 0 0 10 0 0
0 0 0 0 10 0
0 0 0 0 0 10
Shear Modulus GV
106 GPa
Bulk Modulus KV
144 GPa
Shear Modulus GR
104 GPa
Bulk Modulus KR
141 GPa
Shear Modulus GVRH
105 GPa
Bulk Modulus KVRH
142 GPa
Elastic Anisotropy
0.09
Poisson's Ratio
0.20

Similar Structures beta feature

Explanation of dissimilarity measure: Documentation.
material dissimilarity Ehull # of elements
LaSb2Au (mp-675224) 0.4067 0.286 3
LiFeAs (mp-1008927) 0.6920 0.296 3
TaGe2 (mp-7558) 0.0229 0.000 2
Ga2Os (mp-570875) 0.1141 0.074 2
Ga2Ru (mp-1072429) 0.1213 0.000 2
TiSi2 (mp-2582) 0.1138 0.008 2
VGe2 (mp-1084800) 0.1040 0.019 2
Sc (mp-601273) 0.3772 0.128 1
Pr (mp-568938) 0.5084 0.096 1
Pa (mp-62) 0.4982 0.027 1
Pr (mp-1056311) 0.4334 0.096 1
Sn (mp-55) 0.4104 0.047 1
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: Nb_pv Ge_d
Final Energy/Atom
-6.7925 eV
Corrected Energy
-61.1323 eV
Uncorrected energy = -61.1323 eV Corrected energy = -61.1323 eV

Detailed input parameters and outputs for all calculations

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ICSD IDs
  • 77315
  • 26572
  • 637217
  • 16503
  • 637199
  • 637208
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  • Niobium germanide (1/2)

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)