BaCoO2

Barium cobalt oxide is a complex inorganic ceramic material composed of barium, cobalt, and oxygen. It is primarily studied for its structural properties and potential utility in electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies.

Crystal structure of BaCoO2 (trigonal, P3121 (No. 152))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for BaCoO2, aggregated across 3 databases.

Band Gap

0.40 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.000 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

On hull (stable)
2 DFT sources

Structures

9
3 databases, 4 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for BaCoO2, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
P3121 (No. 152)trigonal0.400.0000-6.8125.62
P4/mmm (No. 123)tetragonal0.000.2226-6.5896.09
P-31m (No. 162)trigonal0.000.2816-6.6145.88
Fd-3m (No. 227)cubic0.000.7244-6.0884.69
P3121 (No. 152)
P3121 (No. 152)Trigonal5.86
P3121 (No. 152)Trigonal5.75
P4/mmm (No. 123)
P3121 (No. 152)Trigonal5.44
Uses

Applications

Where BaCoO2 is used.

Solid oxide fuel cell electrodesOxygen transport membranesCatalysis researchAdvanced ceramic materials development
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about BaCoO2, answered from cross-validated data.

What is BaCoO2?

Barium cobalt oxide is a complex inorganic ceramic material composed of barium, cobalt, and oxygen. It is primarily studied for its structural properties and potential utility in electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies.

More questions
What is BaCoO2 used for?
BaCoO2 is used in solid oxide fuel cell electrodes, oxygen transport membranes, catalysis research, and advanced ceramic materials development.
What is the band gap of BaCoO2?
BaCoO2 has a DFT-computed band gap of 0.40 eV across 9 reported structures.
Is BaCoO2 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a band gap up to 0.40 eV it is a semiconductor.
Is BaCoO2 thermodynamically stable?
Yes — BaCoO2 sits on the convex hull (energy above hull 0 eV/atom), i.e. on hull (stable).
What is the crystal structure of BaCoO2?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of BaCoO2 is trigonal symmetry, space group P3121 (No. 152).
What is the density of BaCoO2?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of BaCoO2 is 5.62 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of BaCoO2 are known?
9 structures of BaCoO2 are reported across 3 databases, spanning 4 distinct space groups.
What elements does BaCoO2 contain?
BaCoO2 contains Ba, Co, and O (3 elements).
Where does the data for BaCoO2 come from?
BaCoO2 data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, mpaloe.
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Related Compounds

Other Oxide Oxygen-Evolution Catalysts in the database.

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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