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Ba3CaI8

Name: Ba3CaI8
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ceramic

· JVASP-40472· Ba3CaI8

Ba3CaI8 is an inorganic ceramic compound composed of barium, calcium, and iodine—a mixed-halide perovskite-related material in the early stages of research and development. This compound belongs to the family of halide materials being explored for optoelectronic and photonic applications, where it may offer advantages in light emission, detection, or energy conversion compared to traditional semiconductors. As an experimental material, Ba3CaI8 is primarily of interest to researchers investigating next-generation scintillators, radiation detectors, or solid-state lighting materials where halide ceramics can provide tunable bandgaps and high atomic numbers for radiation stopping power.

radiation detectionscintillator materialsX-ray/gamma-ray imagingoptoelectronic researchphotonic materials developmentexperimental semiconductors

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	4.512	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	2.955	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	4.043	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)	2.608	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electron Effective Mass(m*e)	0.5967	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Hole Effective Mass(m*h)	0.7300	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000843	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00276	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-144	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	290.6	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	0.01000	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.07990	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-1.775	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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