AcBrO

AcBrO is a thermodynamically stable, insulating oxybromide compound containing actinium.

AcBrO
Crystal structure of AcBrO (tetragonal, P4/nmm (No. 129))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

About AcBrO

AcBrO is a thermodynamically stable oxybromide compound containing actinium, bromine, and oxygen. As a member of the actinide oxyhalide family, it exhibits wide-gap insulating electronic characteristics, making it a subject of interest for fundamental solid-state studies.

Its position on the convex hull confirms its thermodynamic stability, which is supported by multiple reported structural configurations across various databases. This stability makes it a significant reference point for understanding the bonding and structural behavior of actinium in halide-oxide environments.

At a glance

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for AcBrO, aggregated across 3 databases.

Band Gap

4.24 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.000 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

On hull (stable)
2 DFT sources

Structures

5
3 databases, 2 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for AcBrO, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
P4/nmm (No. 129)tetragonal4.240.0000-6.9657.65
P4/nmm (No. 129)
Pmmn (No. 59)Orthorhombic9.32
P4/nmm (No. 129)Tetragonal7.00
P4/nmm (No. 129)Tetragonal7.51
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about AcBrO, answered from cross-validated data.

What is AcBrO?

AcBrO is a thermodynamically stable, insulating oxybromide compound containing actinium.

More questions
What is the band gap of AcBrO?
AcBrO has a DFT-computed band gap of 4.24 eV across 5 reported structures.
Is AcBrO a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a wide band gap up to 4.24 eV it is an insulator / wide-band-gap material.
Is AcBrO thermodynamically stable?
Yes — AcBrO sits on the convex hull (energy above hull 0 eV/atom), i.e. on hull (stable).
What is the crystal structure of AcBrO?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of AcBrO is tetragonal symmetry, space group P4/nmm (No. 129).
What is the density of AcBrO?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of AcBrO is 7.65 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of AcBrO are known?
5 structures of AcBrO are reported across 3 databases, spanning 2 distinct space groups.
What elements does AcBrO contain?
AcBrO contains Ac, Br, and O (3 elements).
Where does the data for AcBrO come from?
AcBrO data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, mpaloe.
Comparison

How It Compares

As an actinium-based oxyhalide, AcBrO serves as a fundamental representative of its class, providing essential data for the study of actinide-based inorganic compounds where structural diversity is limited by the scarcity of actinium-containing materials.

Data sources & attribution
  • materials_project — Data from the Materials Project. Cite: Jain et al., APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013).
  • jarvis — Data from JARVIS (NIST). Cite: Choudhary et al., npj Comp. Mater. 6, 173 (2020).
  • mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.

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