CrOF

Chromium oxyfluoride is an inorganic compound that features chromium in a high oxidation state bonded to both oxygen and fluorine. It is primarily utilized in specialized chemical research as a precursor or reagent for synthesizing other chromium-based materials.

Crystal structure of CrOF (orthorhombic, Pmmn (No. 59))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

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

Band Gap

0.47–2.70 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.014 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

Near hull (likely stable)
2 DFT sources

Structures

37
3 databases, 9 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

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

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
Pmmn (No. 59)orthorhombic2.550.0138-8.1574.37
P21/c (No. 14)monoclinic1.660.0764-8.0944.36
P21/m (No. 11)monoclinic1.420.0976-8.0734.14
Pnma (No. 62)orthorhombic2.330.1118-8.0594.04
P21/c (No. 14)monoclinic2.700.1874-6.5253.34
P1 (No. 1)triclinic1.350.2404-5.8172.86
P1 (No. 1)triclinic0.473.0009-3.0562.86
Pmmn (No. 59)Orthorhombic3.90
Pnma (No. 62)
P21/m (No. 11)Monoclinic4.32
Pmmn (No. 59)Orthorhombic3.70
Pmmn (No. 59)Orthorhombic4.63
Uses

Applications

Where CrOF is used.

Chemical synthesisMaterials science researchInorganic chemistry studies
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is CrOF?

Chromium oxyfluoride is an inorganic compound that features chromium in a high oxidation state bonded to both oxygen and fluorine. It is primarily utilized in specialized chemical research as a precursor or reagent for synthesizing other chromium-based materials.

More questions
What is CrOF used for?
CrOF is used in chemical synthesis, materials science research, and inorganic chemistry studies.
What is the band gap of CrOF?
CrOF has a DFT-computed band gap of 0.47–2.70 eV across 37 reported structures.
Is CrOF a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a band gap up to 2.70 eV it is a semiconductor.
Is CrOF thermodynamically stable?
CrOF has a lowest energy above hull of 0.014 eV/atom (near hull (likely stable)).
What is the crystal structure of CrOF?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of CrOF is orthorhombic symmetry, space group Pmmn (No. 59).
What is the density of CrOF?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of CrOF is 4.37 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of CrOF are known?
37 structures of CrOF are reported across 3 databases, spanning 9 distinct space groups.
What elements does CrOF contain?
CrOF contains Cr, F, and O (3 elements).
Where does the data for CrOF come from?
CrOF data is cross-referenced from materials_project, mpaloe, jarvis.
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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).
  • mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.
  • jarvis — Data from JARVIS (NIST). Cite: Choudhary et al., npj Comp. Mater. 6, 173 (2020).

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