Li3CrSiO5

Li3CrSiO5 is a metastable, insulating quaternary oxide composed of lithium, chromium, silicon, and oxygen.

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Crystal structure of Li3CrSiO5
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

About Li3CrSiO5

Li3CrSiO5 is a complex quaternary oxide characterized by its wide-band-gap insulating electronic nature. As a metastable compound, it represents a unique phase within the lithium-chromium-silicon-oxygen system, offering researchers a distinct structural arrangement that deviates from more common, highly stable oxides.

Its significance lies in its potential for exploration in specialized solid-state applications where insulating properties and specific ionic configurations are required. The material has been documented across multiple databases, highlighting its interest within the scientific community as a subject for structural and electronic investigation.

At a glance

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for Li3CrSiO5, aggregated across 3 databases.

Band Gap

3.02–3.32 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.078 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

Metastable
2 DFT sources

Structures

6
3 databases, 1 space group
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Li3CrSiO5, answered from cross-validated data.

What is Li3CrSiO5?

Li3CrSiO5 is a metastable, insulating quaternary oxide composed of lithium, chromium, silicon, and oxygen.

More questions
What is the band gap of Li3CrSiO5?
Li3CrSiO5 has a DFT-computed band gap of 3.02–3.32 eV across 6 reported structures.
Is Li3CrSiO5 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a wide band gap up to 3.32 eV it is an insulator / wide-band-gap material.
Is Li3CrSiO5 thermodynamically stable?
Li3CrSiO5 has a lowest energy above hull of 0.078 eV/atom (metastable).
How many polymorphs of Li3CrSiO5 are known?
6 structures of Li3CrSiO5 are reported across 3 databases, spanning 1 distinct space group.
What elements does Li3CrSiO5 contain?
Li3CrSiO5 contains Cr, Li, O, and Si (4 elements).
Where does the data for Li3CrSiO5 come from?
Li3CrSiO5 data is cross-referenced from latticegraph.
Comparison

How It Compares

As a metastable, wide-band-gap insulator, Li3CrSiO5 occupies a specialized niche in materials science, serving as an example of the complex phase space accessible in lithium-based quaternary oxides where thermodynamic stability is not the primary driver for existence.

Data sources & attribution
  • latticegraph — Lattice Graph Materials Intelligence Platform

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