K6Na3AlSb4 is an intermetallic compound belonging to the alkali metal–aluminum–antimony family, combining potassium, sodium, aluminum, and antimony in a defined stoichiometric ratio. This is an experimental or research-phase material with limited industrial deployment; compounds in this chemical family are primarily investigated for thermoelectric applications, where the combination of light alkali metals and heavy antimony can create favorable phonon-scattering behavior. Engineers would consider such materials only in specialized contexts where tunable thermal and electrical properties offer advantages over conventional thermoelectrics or where the specific alkali-metal doping enables unique phase stability or band structure engineering.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ) | 0.1048 | lb/in³ | DFT · OptB88vdW |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries | 0.7950 | eV | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
| ↳ | 1.600 | eV | DFT · TBmBJ | ||
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞) | 6.154 | - | DFT · TBmBJ | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB) | 0.000 | µB | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME) | 30.73 | % | DFT · TBmBJ |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull) | 0.000 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Formation Energy(ΔHf) | -0.5631 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW |
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