Structure info
Layer group p-6m2
Layer group number 78
Structure origin original03-18
Stability
Energy above convex hull [eV/atom] 0.288
Heat of formation [eV/atom] -0.962
Dynamically stable No
Basic properties
Magnetic No
Out-of-plane dipole [e Å/unit cell] 0.000
Band gap (PBE) [eV] 0.000
XYZ CIF JSON
Axis x [Å] y [Å] z [Å] Periodic
1 3.191 0.000 0.000 Yes
2 -1.595 2.763 0.000 Yes
3 0.000 0.000 18.563 No
Lengths [Å] 3.191 3.191 18.563
Angles [°] 90.000 90.000 120.000

Symmetries
2D Bravais type Hexagonal (hp)
Layer group number 78
Layer group p-6m2
Space group number (bulk in AA-stacking) 187
Space group (bulk in AA-stacking) P-6m2
Point group -6m2
Inversion symmetry No
Structure data
Formula NbCl2
Stoichiometry AB2
Number of atoms 3
Unit cell area [Å2] 8.817
Thickness [Å] 3.563

NbCl2 (1NbCl2-2)
Heat of formation [eV/atom] -0.96
Energy above convex hull [eV/atom] 0.29
Monolayers from C2DB
Nb3Cl8 (1Nb3Cl8-1) -1.35 eV/atom
Nb2Cl6 (2NbCl3-1) -1.22 eV/atom
Nb2Cl6 (2NbCl3-2) -1.19 eV/atom
NbCl4 (1NbCl4-1) -1.16 eV/atom
Nb2Cl4 (2NbCl2-1) -1.13 eV/atom
NbCl2 (1NbCl2-1) -1.06 eV/atom
NbCl2, (1NbCl2-2) -0.96 eV/atom
NbCl2 (1NbCl2-3) -0.76 eV/atom
Nb2Cl2 (2ClNb-1) -0.17 eV/atom
Nb2Cl2 (2ClNb-2) -0.10 eV/atom
Bulk crystals from OQMD123
Nb6Cl16 -1.33 eV/atom
Nb2Cl8 -1.32 eV/atom
Nb12Cl28 -1.31 eV/atom
Nb6Cl30 -1.30 eV/atom
Cl4 0.00 eV/atom
Nb 0.00 eV/atom

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Minimum eigenvalue of Hessian [eV/Ų] -4.64

Cij (N/m) xx yy xy
xx 90.83 40.43 0.03
yy 40.32 91.05 0.03
xy 0.00 0.00 50.74
Stiffness tensor eigenvalues
Eigenvalue 0 50.56 N/m
Eigenvalue 1 50.74 N/m
Eigenvalue 2 131.31 N/m

Properties [eV]
Band gap 0.000
Direct band gap 0.000
Vacuum level shift 0.000
Fermi level wrt. vacuum -3.733
DOS BZ

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Atom No. Chemical symbol Charges [|e|]
0 Nb 1.21
1 Cl -0.61
2 Cl -0.61

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Properties
Interband polarizability (x) [Å] 8.243
Interband polarizability (y) [Å] 8.243
Interband polarizability (z) [Å] 0.392
Plasma frequency (x) [eV Å0.5] 7.133
Plasma frequency (y) [eV Å0.5] 7.133

Miscellaneous details
Unique ID 1NbCl2-2
Number of atoms 3
Number of species 2
Formula NbCl2
Reduced formula NbCl2
Stoichiometry AB2
Unit cell area [Å2] 8.817
Original file-system folder /home/niflheim2/cmr/C2DB-ASR/tree/AB2/NbCl2/NbCl2-89b4b6ddbab0
Old uid NbCl2-89b4b6ddbab0
Space group (bulk in AA-stacking) P-6m2
Space group number (bulk in AA-stacking) 187
Point group -6m2
Inversion symmetry No
Layer group number 78
Layer group p-6m2
2D Bravais type Hexagonal (hp)
Thickness [Å] 3.563
Structure origin original03-18
Band gap [eV] 0.000
Direct band gap [eV] 0.000
Miscellaneous details
gap_dir_nosoc 0.000
Vacuum level [eV] 4.371
Fermi level wrt. vacuum [eV] -3.733
Vacuum level shift [eV] 0.000
Out-of-plane dipole [e Å/unit cell] 0.000
minhessianeig -4.644
Dynamically stable No
Interband polarizability (x) [Å] 8.243
Interband polarizability (y) [Å] 8.243
Interband polarizability (z) [Å] 0.392
Plasma frequency (x) [eV Å0.5] 7.133
Plasma frequency (y) [eV Å0.5] 7.133
Energy [eV] -16.783
Magnetic No
Spin axis z
Magnetic anisotropy energy, xz [meV/unit cell] 0.000
Magnetic anisotropy energy, yz [meV/unit cell] 0.000
Energy above convex hull [eV/atom] 0.288
Heat of formation [eV/atom] -0.962
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