material

Al2O3
ID:

mp-755175
DOI:

10.17188/1289825

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
-3.370 eV

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

Energy Above Hull / Atom
0.072 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
3.66 g/cm3

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

Decomposes To
Al2O3
Band Gap
5.492 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
P31c [163]
Hall
-P 3 2c
Point Group
3m
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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  • 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:
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> 183.1
AlN (mp-661) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 61.0
BaF2 (mp-1029) <1 1 0> <1 0 0> 176.1
BaF2 (mp-1029) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 264.4
GaN (mp-804) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 61.0
GaN (mp-804) <1 1 0> <1 0 1> 339.5
GaN (mp-804) <1 1 1> <1 1 1> 157.9
SiO2 (mp-6930) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 264.4
KCl (mp-23193) <1 1 0> <1 0 0> 176.1
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 162.7
ZnSe (mp-1190) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 366.1
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 325.5
CdS (mp-672) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 61.0
CdS (mp-672) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 223.8
CdS (mp-672) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 264.4
CdS (mp-672) <1 1 0> <1 0 0> 264.2
LiF (mp-1138) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 101.7
LiF (mp-1138) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 142.4
Te2W (mp-22693) <0 1 0> <1 1 1> 157.9
YVO4 (mp-19133) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 183.1
YVO4 (mp-19133) <1 1 0> <1 0 1> 339.5
Ag (mp-124) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 101.7
Ag (mp-124) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 101.7
Ag (mp-124) <1 1 1> <1 1 1> 236.8
AlN (mp-661) <1 0 0> <1 0 1> 291.0
AlN (mp-661) <1 0 1> <0 0 1> 264.4
AlN (mp-661) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 305.1
CeO2 (mp-20194) <1 0 0> <1 0 1> 339.5
GaAs (mp-2534) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 366.1
GaN (mp-804) <1 0 0> <1 1 1> 236.8
GaN (mp-804) <1 0 1> <1 0 0> 176.1
SiO2 (mp-6930) <1 0 0> <1 0 1> 194.0
DyScO3 (mp-31120) <0 1 1> <0 0 1> 162.7
InAs (mp-20305) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 264.4
KTaO3 (mp-3614) <1 1 1> <0 0 1> 81.4
LiF (mp-1138) <1 1 1> <1 1 1> 236.8
Te2W (mp-22693) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 244.1
TePb (mp-19717) <1 1 0> <1 0 0> 176.1
Te2Mo (mp-602) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 142.4
GaSe (mp-1943) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 244.1
Bi2Te3 (mp-34202) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 264.4
BN (mp-984) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 264.4
BN (mp-984) <1 0 0> <0 0 1> 325.5
BN (mp-984) <1 0 1> <1 0 1> 339.5
BN (mp-984) <1 1 0> <0 0 1> 264.4
BN (mp-984) <1 1 1> <1 0 0> 308.2
LiNbO3 (mp-3731) <1 1 0> <1 0 0> 132.1
LiNbO3 (mp-3731) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 325.5
Bi2Se3 (mp-541837) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 61.0
MoS2 (mp-1434) <0 0 1> <0 0 1> 61.0
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†minimal coincident interface area.

Elasticity

Reference for tensor and properties:
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Stiffness Tensor Cij (GPa)
440 122 64 0 -6 0
122 440 64 0 6 0
64 64 345 0 0 0
0 0 0 87 0 6
-6 6 0 0 87 0
0 0 0 6 0 159
Compliance Tensor Sij (10-12Pa-1)
2.5 -0.6 -0.3 0 0.2 0
-0.6 2.5 -0.3 0 -0.2 0
-0.3 -0.3 3 0 0 0
0 0 0 11.6 0 -0.4
0.2 -0.2 0 0 11.6 0
0 0 0 -0.4 0 6.3
Shear Modulus GV
132 GPa
Bulk Modulus KV
192 GPa
Shear Modulus GR
119 GPa
Bulk Modulus KR
186 GPa
Shear Modulus GVRH
125 GPa
Bulk Modulus KVRH
189 GPa
Elastic Anisotropy
0.54
Poisson's Ratio
0.23

Similar Structures beta feature

Explanation of dissimilarity measure: Documentation.
material dissimilarity Ehull # of elements
Li(FeO2)3 (mp-763849) 0.2923 0.102 3
Li(CoO2)3 (mp-763697) 0.2777 0.045 3
Na3YCl6 (mp-675104) 0.2525 0.000 3
Li3FeF6 (mp-777475) 0.1778 0.025 3
Na3GdCl6 (mp-33554) 0.2933 0.000 3
Li2Mn3(FeO4)3 (mp-767665) 0.2691 0.101 4
Li2Mn3Cr3O12 (mp-850956) 0.2651 0.067 4
Li2Ti3V3O12 (mp-763640) 0.2825 0.095 4
LiAl2FeO6 (mp-770071) 0.2875 0.125 4
LiV2CrO6 (mp-849360) 0.3138 0.101 4
Cr2O3 (mp-776999) 0.2739 0.060 2
Ti2O3 (mp-776655) 0.3035 0.079 2
Al2O3 (mp-754624) 0.1117 0.066 2
Sc2O3 (mp-754455) 0.2522 0.087 2
Cr2S3 (mp-13685) 0.3924 0.016 2
Li4Fe3Co2Sn3O16 (mp-775387) 0.7236 0.102 5
Li4Fe2TeWO12 (mp-768021) 0.6575 0.075 5
Li4Mn2TeWO12 (mp-768044) 0.7215 0.059 5
Up to 5 similar elemental, binary, ternary, quaternary, etc. structures displayed (dissimilarity threshold 0.75). Ehull: energy above hull per atom [eV].

Synthesis Descriptions

10.1006/jcat.1997.1926
A series of sulfated zirconia (SZ) were prepared by solgel methods, from Zrn-propoxide, either with thein situone-step addition of H2SO4during the gelification process, or byex situsulfation of a Zr( [...]
10.1016/j.cattod.2013.10.006
TiO2Al2O3 (TiAl) and Al2O3 (Al) supports were prepared according to a previously developed procedure (Galiasso Tailleur and Ravigli Nascar [20]). TiAl support is formed by co-precipitation of alkoxide [...]
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Calculation Summary

Elasticity

Methodology

Structure Optimization

Run Type
GGA
Energy Cutoff
520 eV
# of K-points
None
U Values
--
Pseudopotentials
VASP PAW: Al O
Final Energy/Atom
-7.4091 eV
Corrected Energy
-156.6102 eV
-156.6102 eV = -148.1827 eV (uncorrected energy) - 8.4275 eV (MP Anion Correction)

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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)