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CdGa2Te4

ceramic

· JVASP-3246· CdGa2Te4

CdGa₂Te₄ is a ternary II-VI semiconductor ceramic compound combining cadmium, gallium, and tellurium in a tetrahedral crystal structure. This material is primarily of research and specialized optoelectronic interest rather than high-volume industrial production, investigated for infrared detection, nonlinear optical applications, and wide-bandgap semiconductor devices where its lattice properties enable tunable performance between binary CdTe and GaTe systems. Engineers consider CdGa₂Te₄ when designing infrared sensors, parametric amplifiers, or radiation-hard detectors in environments where the specific band structure and thermal stability of mixed II-VI compounds offer advantages over single-component alternatives or III-V semiconductors.

infrared detectors and sensorsnonlinear optics and frequency conversionspace and radiation-hardened electronicsresearch semiconductorsphotovoltaic compounds

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	29.84	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.2700	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	17.85	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Density(ρ)	5.505	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	0.9700	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	1.877	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	14.10	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	11.64	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	8.203	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electron Effective Mass(m*e)	0.1233	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Hole Effective Mass(m*h)	0.6700	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.5055	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00210	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00218	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-153.5	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	264.7	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	25.64	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.3564	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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