LuBrO

Lutetium oxybromide is a crystalline inorganic compound that belongs to the class of rare-earth oxyhalides. It is primarily utilized in the field of materials science as a host material for phosphors and scintillators due to its favorable structural and optical properties.

BrLuO
Crystal structure of LuBrO (tetragonal, P4/nmm (No. 129))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for LuBrO, aggregated across 4 databases.

Band Gap

4.40 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.000 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

On hull (stable)
2 DFT sources

Structures

9
4 databases, 4 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

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

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
P4/nmm (No. 129)tetragonal4.400.0000-7.0597.41
P4/nmm (No. 129)
No. 0unknown3.80
Pmmn (No. 59)Orthorhombic5.80
P-1 (No. 2)Triclinic8.77
Pmmn (No. 59)Orthorhombic7.23
Pmmn (No. 59)Orthorhombic7.71
P-1 (No. 2)Triclinic6.50
P-1 (No. 2)Triclinic8.30
Uses

Applications

Where LuBrO is used.

Scintillation detectorsPhosphor materialsRadiation detection research
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is LuBrO?

Lutetium oxybromide is a crystalline inorganic compound that belongs to the class of rare-earth oxyhalides. It is primarily utilized in the field of materials science as a host material for phosphors and scintillators due to its favorable structural and optical properties.

More questions
What is LuBrO used for?
LuBrO is used in scintillation detectors, phosphor materials, and radiation detection research.
What is the band gap of LuBrO?
LuBrO has a DFT-computed band gap of 4.40 eV across 9 reported structures.
Is LuBrO a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a wide band gap up to 4.40 eV it is an insulator / wide-band-gap material.
Is LuBrO thermodynamically stable?
Yes — LuBrO sits on the convex hull (energy above hull 0 eV/atom), i.e. on hull (stable).
What is the crystal structure of LuBrO?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of LuBrO is tetragonal symmetry, space group P4/nmm (No. 129).
What is the density of LuBrO?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of LuBrO is 7.41 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of LuBrO are known?
9 structures of LuBrO are reported across 4 databases, spanning 4 distinct space groups.
What elements does LuBrO contain?
LuBrO contains Br, Lu, and O (3 elements).
Where does the data for LuBrO come from?
LuBrO data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, cod, 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).
  • cod — Data from the Crystallography Open Database. Cite: Grazulis et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 40, D420 (2012).
  • mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.

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