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BiPS4

ceramic

· JVASP-120002· BiPS4

BiPS4 is a bismuth-based ceramic compound belonging to the sulfide or chalcogenide ceramic family. While specific industrial applications and production maturity for BiPS4 are not well-established in conventional engineering practice, bismuth chalcogenides are of significant research interest for thermoelectric, photovoltaic, and optoelectronic applications due to their electronic structure and moderate band gap. Engineers evaluating this material should treat it as an emerging or experimental compound; selection would depend on specialized performance requirements in energy conversion or photonics where bismuth-based ceramics offer potential advantages in cost, toxicity profile, or functional properties compared to lead-based or cadmium-based alternatives.

thermoelectric devices (research phase)photovoltaic applications (experimental)optoelectronic components (emerging)energy harvesting materialsbismuth-based semiconductor alternatives

Compliance & Regulations

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Units:

si imperial

Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	4.067	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	1.036	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	1.535	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	10.75	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	7.955	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	31.92	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.03930	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.2391	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Regulatory Screening

Environmental

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BiPS4

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