BH8CN
BH8CN is a wide-band-gap insulating compound containing boron, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen that is characterized by its thermodynamic instability.
About BH8CN
BH8CN is a complex chemical species composed of boron, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen. As a wide-band-gap insulator, it exhibits electronic properties characteristic of materials that do not readily conduct electricity under standard conditions.
This compound is categorized as being above the thermodynamic hull, suggesting that it is likely unstable in typical environments. Due to its limited structural data, it remains a subject of interest for researchers studying the theoretical limits of boron-based molecular frameworks.
Key Properties
Cross-validated computational properties for BH8CN, aggregated across 3 databases.
Band GapEnergy needed to move an electron from the valence band to the conduction band. Lower or zero values tend to behave more metallic; larger gaps are more insulating or semiconducting.
Energy Above HullThermodynamic distance from the most stable set of competing phases. 0 eV/atom is on the convex hull; small positive values may still be experimentally accessible.
StabilityA plain-language summary of the best reported energy-above-hull result. It reflects whether the lowest-energy structure is on, near, or far from the stability hull.
StructuresCount of reported calculated crystal structures for this formula, including alternate polymorphs, source databases, and observed space groups.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about BH8CN, answered from cross-validated data.
What is BH8CN?
BH8CN is a wide-band-gap insulating compound containing boron, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen that is characterized by its thermodynamic instability.
What is the band gap of BH8CN?
Is BH8CN a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Is BH8CN thermodynamically stable?
How many polymorphs of BH8CN are known?
What elements does BH8CN contain?
Where does the data for BH8CN come from?
How It Compares
As a unique chemical entity with no direct structural siblings in this specific dataset, BH8CN represents a specialized case of boron-carbon-nitrogen chemistry. Its status as a metastable or unstable phase distinguishes it from more common, highly stable inorganic insulators, marking it as a candidate for advanced computational exploration rather than immediate industrial synthesis.
Data sources & attribution
- latticegraph — Lattice Graph Materials Intelligence Platform
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