La2Zr2O7

Lanthanum zirconate · LZO

Lanthanum zirconate is a ceramic material characterized by its high thermal stability and resistance to chemical degradation. It is primarily utilized as a thermal barrier coating in high-temperature environments to protect underlying metallic components from heat damage.

Crystal structure of La2Zr2O7 (cubic, Fd-3m (No. 227))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
At a glance

Key Properties

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

Band Gap

0.06–3.73 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.000 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

On hull (stable)
2 DFT sources

Structures

7
3 databases, 2 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for La2Zr2O7, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
Fd-3m (No. 227)cubic3.730.0000-9.5106.02
Pmma (No. 51)orthorhombic2.230.2721-9.2385.97
Fd-3m (No. 227)cubic0.060.3828-9.1276.12
Fd-3m (No. 227)
Fd-3m (No. 227)Cubic5.88
Fd-3m (No. 227)Cubic6.24
Fd-3m (No. 227)Cubic6.03
Synthesis

Synthesis Routes

Literature-extracted synthesis procedures targeting La2Zr2O7.

Sol-Gel
Procedure available · ceder_solid_state
Sol-Gel
Procedure available · ceder_solid_state
Sol-Gel
Procedure available · ceder_solid_state
Sol-Gel
Procedure available · ceder_solid_state
Sol-Gel
Procedure available · ceder_solid_state
Sol-Gel
Procedure available · ceder_solid_state
Uses

Applications

Where Lanthanum zirconate is used.

Thermal barrier coatingsGas turbine enginesAerospace componentsDielectric materials
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Lanthanum zirconate, answered from cross-validated data.

What is La2Zr2O7?

Lanthanum zirconate is a ceramic material characterized by its high thermal stability and resistance to chemical degradation. It is primarily utilized as a thermal barrier coating in high-temperature environments to protect underlying metallic components from heat damage.

More questions
What is La2Zr2O7 used for?
Lanthanum zirconate (La2Zr2O7) is used in thermal barrier coatings, gas turbine engines, aerospace components, and dielectric materials.
What is the band gap of La2Zr2O7?
Lanthanum zirconate (La2Zr2O7) has a DFT-computed band gap of 0.06–3.73 eV across 7 reported structures.
Is La2Zr2O7 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a wide band gap up to 3.73 eV it is an insulator / wide-band-gap material.
Is La2Zr2O7 thermodynamically stable?
Yes — Lanthanum zirconate (La2Zr2O7) sits on the convex hull (energy above hull 0 eV/atom), i.e. on hull (stable).
What is the crystal structure of La2Zr2O7?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of Lanthanum zirconate (La2Zr2O7) is cubic symmetry, space group Fd-3m (No. 227).
What is the density of La2Zr2O7?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of Lanthanum zirconate (La2Zr2O7) is 6.02 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of La2Zr2O7 are known?
7 structures of La2Zr2O7 are reported across 3 databases, spanning 2 distinct space groups.
How is La2Zr2O7 synthesized?
Literature-reported routes for La2Zr2O7 include sol-gel (10 procedures documented).
What elements does La2Zr2O7 contain?
Lanthanum zirconate (La2Zr2O7) contains La, O, and Zr (3 elements).
Where does the data for La2Zr2O7 come from?
La2Zr2O7 data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, mpaloe.
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Related Compounds

Other Perovskite Oxides 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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