Au4Lu10Te4 is an intermetallic semiconductor compound combining gold, lutetium, and tellurium in a fixed stoichiometric ratio. This is a research-phase material rather than an established industrial compound; it belongs to the family of rare-earth telluride semiconductors, which are of interest for thermoelectric and optoelectronic device development. Such ternary intermetallics are typically investigated for their potential in high-temperature electronics, solid-state energy conversion, or specialized photonic applications where the combination of precious metals, rare earths, and chalcogens offers tunable electronic properties unavailable in simpler binary compounds.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg) | 0.00180 | eV | — |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
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Formation Energy(ΔHf) | -1.010 | eV/atom | — |