DyOF

Dysprosium oxyfluoride

Dysprosium oxyfluoride is an inorganic compound composed of dysprosium, oxygen, and fluorine. It is primarily utilized in advanced materials research, particularly in the development of phosphors and optical ceramics.

DyFO
Crystal structure of DyOF (trigonal, R-3m (No. 166))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

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

Band Gap

5.02 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.000 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

On hull (stable)
2 DFT sources

Structures

5
3 databases, 2 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

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

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
R-3m (No. 166)trigonal5.020.0000-8.0968.39
R-3m (No. 166)
Cm (No. 8)Monoclinic8.62
Cm (No. 8)Monoclinic5.98
Cm (No. 8)Monoclinic8.25
Uses

Applications

Where Dysprosium oxyfluoride is used.

Phosphor materialsOptical ceramicsLuminescent devices
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Dysprosium oxyfluoride, answered from cross-validated data.

What is DyOF?

Dysprosium oxyfluoride is an inorganic compound composed of dysprosium, oxygen, and fluorine. It is primarily utilized in advanced materials research, particularly in the development of phosphors and optical ceramics.

More questions
What is DyOF used for?
Dysprosium oxyfluoride (DyOF) is used in phosphor materials, optical ceramics, and luminescent devices.
What is the band gap of DyOF?
Dysprosium oxyfluoride (DyOF) has a DFT-computed band gap of 5.02 eV across 5 reported structures.
Is DyOF a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a wide band gap up to 5.02 eV it is an insulator / wide-band-gap material.
Is DyOF thermodynamically stable?
Yes — Dysprosium oxyfluoride (DyOF) sits on the convex hull (energy above hull 0 eV/atom), i.e. on hull (stable).
What is the crystal structure of DyOF?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of Dysprosium oxyfluoride (DyOF) is trigonal symmetry, space group R-3m (No. 166).
What is the density of DyOF?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of Dysprosium oxyfluoride (DyOF) is 8.39 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of DyOF are known?
5 structures of DyOF are reported across 3 databases, spanning 2 distinct space groups.
What elements does DyOF contain?
Dysprosium oxyfluoride (DyOF) contains Dy, F, and O (3 elements).
Where does the data for DyOF come from?
DyOF data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, mpaloe.
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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