Overview: Ta₈S₁₂

Structure info
Layer group	?
Layer group number	-1
Structure origin	Americo23_ic

Stability
Energy above convex hull [eV/atom]	0.102
Heat of formation [eV/atom]	-0.986
Dynamically stable	Unknown

Basic properties
Magnetic	No
Band gap (PBE) [eV]	0.000

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Axis	x [Å]	y [Å]	z [Å]	Periodic
1	-4.971	-2.872	0.000	Yes
2	0.002	5.741	0.000	Yes
3	-0.000	-0.000	24.754	No

Lengths [Å]	5.741	5.741	24.754
Angles [°]	90.000	90.000	120.033

Crystal structure

Symmetries
Layer group number	-1
Layer group	?
Space group number (bulk in AA-stacking)	12
Space group (bulk in AA-stacking)	C2/m
Point group	2/m
Inversion symmetry	Yes

Structure data
Formula	Ta8S12
Stoichiometry	A2B3
Number of atoms	20
Unit cell area [Å2]	28.534
Thickness [Å]	9.700

Stability

Convex hull

Ta8S12 (4Ta2S3-2)
Heat of formation [eV/atom]	-0.99
Energy above convex hull [eV/atom]	0.10

Monolayers from C2DB
Ta7S12 (1Ta7S12-1)	-1.13 eV/atom
Ta8S12 (4Ta2S3-1)	-1.09 eV/atom
TaS2 (1TaS2-1)	-1.09 eV/atom
TaS2 (1TaS2-2)	-1.07 eV/atom
Ta7S12 (1Ta7S12-2)	-1.05 eV/atom
Ta9S12 (3Ta3S4-1)	-1.01 eV/atom
Ta4S6 (2Ta2S3-1)	-1.00 eV/atom
Ta8S12, (4Ta2S3-2)	-0.99 eV/atom
Ta9S12 (3Ta3S4-2)	-0.91 eV/atom
Ta4S12 (4TaS3-1)	-0.84 eV/atom
Ta2S6 (2TaS3-1)	-0.80 eV/atom
Ta4S12 (4TaS3-2)	-0.77 eV/atom
TaS2 (1TaS2-3)	-0.64 eV/atom
S2Ta4 (2STa2-1)	-0.62 eV/atom
S2Ta2 (2STa-1)	-0.51 eV/atom
S2Ta2 (2STa-2)	-0.46 eV/atom
S2Ta2 (2STa-3)	-0.45 eV/atom
S2Ta2 (2STa-4)	-0.41 eV/atom
S2Ta2 (2STa-5)	-0.40 eV/atom
S2Ta2 (2STa-6)	-0.39 eV/atom
S2 (2S-1)	0.45 eV/atom
S2 (2S-2)	0.62 eV/atom

Bulk crystals from OQMD123
S2Ta	-1.09 eV/atom
S18Ta6	-0.84 eV/atom
S8Ta12	-0.81 eV/atom
S48	0.00 eV/atom
Ta	0.00 eV/atom

Linear deformations

Stiffness tensor

Cij (N/m)	xx	yy	xy
xx	152.72	-6.49	2.24
yy	-6.57	152.16	-3.80
xy	2.11	-2.12	152.40

Stiffness tensor eigenvalues
Eigenvalue 0	145.89 N/m
Eigenvalue 1	150.85 N/m
Eigenvalue 2	160.54 N/m

Electronic bands

Band structure and DOS

Key values [eV]
Band gap (PBE)	0.000
Direct band gap (PBE)	0.000
Fermi level wrt. vacuum (PBE)	-5.380

Fermi surface

Electronic properties

Bader charges

Atom No.	Chemical symbol	Charges [|e|]
0	Ta	1.59
1	S	-1.19
2	S	-0.89
3	Ta	1.59
4	S	-0.89
5	S	-1.19
6	Ta	1.59
7	S	-1.22
8	S	-0.88
9	Ta	1.59
10	S	-0.88
11	S	-1.22
12	Ta	1.60
13	S	-1.19
14	S	-0.89
15	Ta	1.60
16	S	-0.89
17	S	-1.19
18	Ta	1.49
19	Ta	1.49

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous details
Unique ID	4Ta2S3-2
Number of atoms	20
Number of species	2
Formula	Ta8S12
Reduced formula	Ta2S3
Stoichiometry	A2B3
Unit cell area [Å2]	28.534
Original file-system folder	/home/niflheim2/cmr/C2DB-ASR/tree_intercalated/A2B3/Ta2S3/Ta8S12-ee6aaa6f817e
Old uid	Ta8S12-c990a62f5103
Space group (bulk in AA-stacking)	C2/m
Space group number (bulk in AA-stacking)	12
Point group	2/m
Inversion symmetry	Yes
Layer group	?
Layer group number	-1
Thickness [Å]	9.700

Miscellaneous details
Structure origin	Americo23_ic
Band gap (PBE) [eV]	0.000
Direct band gap (PBE) [eV]	0.000
gap_dir_nosoc	0.000
Vacuum level [eV]	7.445
Fermi level wrt. vacuum (PBE) [eV]	-5.380
Dynamically stable	Unknown
Energy [eV]	-147.199
Magnetic	No
Total magnetic moment [μB]	0.000
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]	0.102
Heat of formation [eV/atom]	-0.986