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K2CoCl4

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· JVASP-54931· K2CoCl4

K2CoCl4 is an inorganic chloride compound containing potassium and cobalt, belonging to the family of transition metal halides. This material is primarily used in laboratory and research settings rather than as a structural engineering material; it serves as a precursor or intermediate in synthesis of cobalt-containing catalysts, magnetic materials, and coordination compounds. Notable for its role in materials science research, K2CoCl4 is valued in catalysis development, battery chemistry exploration, and the production of specialty cobalt compounds where its ionic structure and cobalt coordination chemistry provide advantages over simpler cobalt sources.

catalysis researchbattery chemistry precursorcobalt compound synthesiscoordination chemistrylaboratory reagentspecialty material development

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	2.423	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)	0.8540	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.0000257	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.0000417	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-418.4	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	374.4	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-1.461	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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K2CoCl4

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