GaTeCl

ceramic

· JVASP-13785· GaTeCl

GaTeCl is a ternary ceramic compound combining gallium, tellurium, and chlorine elements, belonging to the family of layered chalcogenide materials. This is primarily a research-phase material rather than an established industrial ceramic; compounds in this chemical family are investigated for their potential in optoelectronic devices, photovoltaic applications, and layered heterostructure engineering where weak interlayer bonding enables mechanical exfoliation. Engineers would consider GaTeCl-class materials when designing next-generation semiconductors, 2D material stacks, or specialized optical components that exploit the unique electronic and mechanical properties of mixed-anion ternary systems.

research semiconductors2D material engineeringoptoelectronic devicesphotovoltaic researchlayered heterostructuresoptical coatings (experimental)

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	2,159.6	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
Exfoliation Energy(Eexf)	80.39	meV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	-0.8600	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	221.9	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.1595	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	2.005	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.990	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	14.28	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	7.269	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	5.357	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electron Effective Mass(m*e)	0.5200	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Hole Effective Mass(m*h)	1.603	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00301	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00117	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-217.3	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	250.8	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	4.740	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.7142	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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