Hg2BrN

ceramic

· JVASP-12518· Hg2BrN

Hg₂BrN is an inorganic ceramic compound containing mercury, bromine, and nitrogen—a rare compositional combination that exists primarily in academic research rather than established industrial production. This material belongs to the family of metal halide nitrides and represents an exploratory compound of interest for semiconductor or optoelectronic applications given its mixed-valence and halide-nitride framework. Due to mercury's toxicity and volatility, practical adoption faces significant regulatory and processing challenges; the material is best understood as a research compound for studying novel electronic or photonic behavior rather than as a candidate for mainstream engineering applications.

experimental semiconductorsoptoelectronic researchhalide-nitride compoundsmaterials physics studiesthin-film synthesis

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	7,849.4	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.4000	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	1,770.9	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.2656	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	0.8830	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	1.980	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	5.601	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	3.794	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electron Effective Mass(m*e)	0.2567	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Hole Effective Mass(m*h)	1.103	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000457	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00170	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-74.21	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	299.1	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	23.43	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.5358	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	0.3983	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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