Ba32Ga8N24O8

Ba32Ga8N24O8 is a metastable, semiconducting quaternary compound composed of barium, gallium, nitrogen, and oxygen.

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Crystal structure of Ba32Ga8N24O8
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

About Ba32Ga8N24O8

Ba32Ga8N24O8 is a complex quaternary compound composed of barium, gallium, nitrogen, and oxygen. As a semiconducting material, it represents a specialized chemical system that offers researchers insight into the interplay between nitride and oxide coordination within a metal-rich lattice.

This material is characterized by its metastable nature, which makes it a subject of interest for fundamental materials science research. Its unique atomic arrangement suggests potential for specific electronic or optical behaviors that are distinct from more common binary or ternary nitrides.

At a glance

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for Ba32Ga8N24O8, aggregated across 3 databases.

Band Gap

1.38 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.064 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

Metastable
1 DFT source

Structures

3
3 databases, 2 space groups
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Ba32Ga8N24O8, answered from cross-validated data.

What is Ba32Ga8N24O8?

Ba32Ga8N24O8 is a metastable, semiconducting quaternary compound composed of barium, gallium, nitrogen, and oxygen.

More questions
What is the band gap of Ba32Ga8N24O8?
Ba32Ga8N24O8 has a DFT-computed band gap of 1.38 eV across 3 reported structures.
Is Ba32Ga8N24O8 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a band gap up to 1.38 eV it is a semiconductor.
Is Ba32Ga8N24O8 thermodynamically stable?
Ba32Ga8N24O8 has a lowest energy above hull of 0.064 eV/atom (metastable).
How many polymorphs of Ba32Ga8N24O8 are known?
3 structures of Ba32Ga8N24O8 are reported across 3 databases, spanning 2 distinct space groups.
What elements does Ba32Ga8N24O8 contain?
Ba32Ga8N24O8 contains Ba, Ga, N, and O (4 elements).
Where does the data for Ba32Ga8N24O8 come from?
Ba32Ga8N24O8 data is cross-referenced from latticegraph.
Comparison

How It Compares

As a specialized quaternary compound, Ba32Ga8N24O8 occupies a unique niche in materials science, representing a complex structural configuration that does not easily align with simpler, more widely studied binary or ternary systems.

Data sources & attribution
  • latticegraph — Lattice Graph Materials Intelligence Platform

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