BaCrO3

Barium chromate(IV) · Barium chromium trioxide

Barium chromate(IV) is an inorganic perovskite-structured oxide containing chromium in a higher oxidation state. It is primarily studied for its unique magnetic and electronic properties in solid-state physics research.

Crystal structure of BaCrO3 (hexagonal, P63/mmc (No. 194))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for Barium chromate(IV), aggregated across 5 databases.

Band Gap

Metallic / not reported

Energy Above Hull

0.082 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

Metastable
3 DFT sources

Structures

9
5 databases, 2 space groups
Validation

Cross-Source DFT Agreement

How well independent DFT databases agree on the thermodynamics of BaCrO3. Tight agreement means computed properties can be trusted without re-running calculations.

Agreement Score

1.00 / 1.00
Trust tier: medium

Hull Spread

0.000 eV
EAH spread across sources

Sources Compared

2
jarvis, materials_project

Space Group Consensus

All match
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for BaCrO3, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
P63/mmc (No. 194)hexagonal0.000.0817-7.8225.89
P63/mmc (No. 194)hexagonal0.000.0838-7.8205.96
P63/mmc (No. 194)hexagonal0.000.2948-7.6095.82
P63/mmc (No. 194)
No. 0unknown1.07
P63/mmc (No. 194)Hexagonal5.96
P63/mmc (No. 194)Hexagonal6.26
P63/mmc (No. 194)Hexagonal6.57
Uses

Applications

Where Barium chromate(IV) is used.

Solid-state chemistry researchMagnetic materials developmentCatalysis studies
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Barium chromate(IV), answered from cross-validated data.

What is BaCrO3?

Barium chromate(IV) is an inorganic perovskite-structured oxide containing chromium in a higher oxidation state. It is primarily studied for its unique magnetic and electronic properties in solid-state physics research.

More questions
What is BaCrO3 used for?
Barium chromate(IV) (BaCrO3) is used in solid-state chemistry research, magnetic materials development, and catalysis studies.
What is the band gap of BaCrO3?
Barium chromate(IV) (BaCrO3) is computed to be metallic (no band gap) in the reported DFT structures.
Is BaCrO3 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Computed band structures report no gap, so it is metallic.
Is BaCrO3 thermodynamically stable?
Barium chromate(IV) (BaCrO3) has a lowest energy above hull of 0.082 eV/atom (metastable).
What is the crystal structure of BaCrO3?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of Barium chromate(IV) (BaCrO3) is hexagonal symmetry, space group P63/mmc (No. 194).
What is the density of BaCrO3?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of Barium chromate(IV) (BaCrO3) is 5.89 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of BaCrO3 are known?
9 structures of BaCrO3 are reported across 5 databases, spanning 2 distinct space groups.
What elements does BaCrO3 contain?
Barium chromate(IV) (BaCrO3) contains Ba, Cr, and O (3 elements).
Where does the data for BaCrO3 come from?
BaCrO3 data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, cod, mpaloe, alexandria.
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Related Compounds

Other Spinel Oxide 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).
  • cod — Data from the Crystallography Open Database. Cite: Grazulis et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 40, D420 (2012).
  • mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.
  • alexandria — Data from alexandria.

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