BaNiO3
Barium nickel oxide
Barium nickel oxide is a complex ceramic material often studied for its unique structural properties and magnetic behavior. It is primarily utilized in academic and industrial research as a precursor for advanced electronic materials and as a subject for investigating transition metal oxide physics.

Key Properties
Cross-validated computational properties for BaNiO3, 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.
Reported Structures
Lowest-energy structures reported for BaNiO3, ranked by energy above hull.
| Space GroupSymmetry classification of the crystal arrangement. The number is the international space-group index. | Crystal SystemBroad lattice family, such as cubic, tetragonal, monoclinic, or triclinic, derived from unit-cell symmetry. | Band Gap (eV)Electronic gap calculated for this specific reported structure, measured in electronvolts. | E above hull (eV/atom)Thermodynamic distance from the convex hull for this structure, normalized per atom. Lower is generally more stable. | E/atom (eV)Computed total energy normalized per atom. Use energy above hull, not this value alone, when comparing stability. | Density (g/cm³)Mass per relaxed crystal volume, reported in grams per cubic centimeter. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P63/mmc (No. 194) | hexagonal | 1.47 | 0.0000 | -6.329 | 6.07 |
| P63mc (No. 186) | hexagonal | 1.52 | 0.0001 | -6.329 | 6.07 |
| Pm-3m (No. 221) | cubic | 0.00 | 0.1243 | -6.204 | 6.19 |
| Pm-3m (No. 221) | — | — | — | — | — |
| P63/mmc (No. 194) | — | — | — | — | — |
| P63/mmc (No. 194) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pm-3m (No. 221) | Cubic | — | — | — | 6.94 |
| P63mc (No. 186) | Hexagonal | — | — | — | 6.23 |
| P63mc (No. 186) | Hexagonal | — | — | — | 5.93 |
| Pm-3m (No. 221) | Cubic | — | — | — | 6.19 |
| Pm-3m (No. 221) | Cubic | — | — | — | 6.75 |
| P63/mmc (No. 194) | — | — | — | — | — |
Applications
Where BaNiO3 is used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about BaNiO3, answered from cross-validated data.
What is BaNiO3?
Barium nickel oxide is a complex ceramic material often studied for its unique structural properties and magnetic behavior. It is primarily utilized in academic and industrial research as a precursor for advanced electronic materials and as a subject for investigating transition metal oxide physics.
What is BaNiO3 used for?
What is the band gap of BaNiO3?
Is BaNiO3 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Is BaNiO3 thermodynamically stable?
What is the crystal structure of BaNiO3?
What is the density of BaNiO3?
How many polymorphs of BaNiO3 are known?
What elements does BaNiO3 contain?
Where does the data for BaNiO3 come from?
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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