PdPt

Palladium-platinum alloy

This binary metallic alloy combines palladium and platinum to create a material with enhanced catalytic and structural properties. It is frequently utilized in industrial processes that require high resistance to chemical degradation and efficient surface reactivity.

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

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for PdPt, aggregated across 5 databases.

Band Gap

Metallic / not reported

Energy Above Hull

0.000 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

On hull (stable)
3 DFT sources

Structures

23
5 databases, 10 space groups
Validation

Cross-Source DFT Agreement

How well independent DFT databases agree on the thermodynamics of PdPt. Tight agreement means computed properties can be trusted without re-running calculations.

Agreement Score

1.00 / 1.00
Trust tier: medium

Hull Spread

0.000 eV
EAH spread across sources

Sources Compared

2
jarvis, materials_project

Space Group Consensus

All match
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for PdPt, 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)trigonal0.000.0000-37.26716.56
C2/c (No. 15)Monoclinic9.39
No. 0unknown8.42
P4/nmm (No. 129)Tetragonal9.05
P4/nmm (No. 129)Tetragonal9.56
P21/m (No. 11)Monoclinic13.11
P4/nmm (No. 129)Tetragonal9.24
P21/m (No. 11)Monoclinic11.89
Cmcm (No. 63)Orthorhombic14.60
R-3m (No. 166)
No. 0unknown8.47
Cmce (No. 64)Orthorhombic9.30
Uses

Applications

Where PdPt is used.

Automotive catalytic convertersChemical sensorsFuel cell electrodesIndustrial hydrogenation catalysts
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

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

What is PdPt?

This binary metallic alloy combines palladium and platinum to create a material with enhanced catalytic and structural properties. It is frequently utilized in industrial processes that require high resistance to chemical degradation and efficient surface reactivity.

More questions
What is PdPt used for?
PdPt is used in automotive catalytic converters, chemical sensors, fuel cell electrodes, and industrial hydrogenation catalysts.
What is the band gap of PdPt?
PdPt is computed to be metallic (no band gap) in the reported DFT structures.
Is PdPt a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Computed band structures report no gap, so it is metallic.
Is PdPt thermodynamically stable?
Yes — PdPt sits on the convex hull (energy above hull 0 eV/atom), i.e. on hull (stable).
What is the crystal structure of PdPt?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of PdPt is trigonal symmetry, space group R-3m (No. 166).
What is the density of PdPt?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of PdPt is 16.56 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of PdPt are known?
23 structures of PdPt are reported across 5 databases, spanning 10 distinct space groups.
What elements does PdPt contain?
PdPt contains Pd and Pt (2 elements).
Where does the data for PdPt come from?
PdPt data is cross-referenced from materials_project, mpaloe, cod, jarvis, omat24.
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Related Compounds

Other Platinum-Group Alloy Catalysts in the database.

Data sources & attribution
  • materials_project — Data from the Materials Project. Cite: Jain et al., APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013).
  • mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.
  • cod — Data from the Crystallography Open Database. Cite: Grazulis et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 40, D420 (2012).
  • jarvis — Data from JARVIS (NIST). Cite: Choudhary et al., npj Comp. Mater. 6, 173 (2020).
  • omat24 — Data from OMat24 (Meta FAIR). Cite: Barroso-Luque et al., arXiv 2410.12771 (2024).

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