NaGeN

Sodium germanium nitride is a ternary inorganic compound that belongs to the class of metal nitrides. It is primarily studied for its structural properties and potential utility in materials science research regarding semiconductor development.

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Crystal structure of NaGeN (hexagonal, P63mc (No. 186))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

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

Band Gap

1.50 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.040 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

Metastable
2 DFT sources

Structures

5
3 databases, 3 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

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

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
P63mc (No. 186)hexagonal1.500.0398-5.0174.14
P63mc (No. 186)
P21/m (No. 11)Monoclinic2.14
P21/m (No. 11)Monoclinic1.90
P4/nmm (No. 129)Tetragonal3.21
Uses

Applications

Where NaGeN is used.

Materials science researchSemiconductor studies
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is NaGeN?

Sodium germanium nitride is a ternary inorganic compound that belongs to the class of metal nitrides. It is primarily studied for its structural properties and potential utility in materials science research regarding semiconductor development.

More questions
What is NaGeN used for?
NaGeN is used in materials science research and semiconductor studies.
What is the band gap of NaGeN?
NaGeN has a DFT-computed band gap of 1.50 eV across 5 reported structures.
Is NaGeN a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a band gap up to 1.50 eV it is a semiconductor.
Is NaGeN thermodynamically stable?
NaGeN has a lowest energy above hull of 0.040 eV/atom (metastable).
What is the crystal structure of NaGeN?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of NaGeN is hexagonal symmetry, space group P63mc (No. 186).
What is the density of NaGeN?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of NaGeN is 4.14 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of NaGeN are known?
5 structures of NaGeN are reported across 3 databases, spanning 3 distinct space groups.
What elements does NaGeN contain?
NaGeN contains Ge, N, and Na (3 elements).
Where does the data for NaGeN come from?
NaGeN 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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