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KGaS2

ceramic

· JVASP-22944· KGaS2

KGaS₂ is a potassium gallium sulfide ceramic compound belonging to the sulfide ceramic family. This material is primarily of research and developmental interest rather than established in high-volume industrial production, with potential applications in optoelectronics, photonics, and solid-state physics where its band gap and crystal structure properties may enable light emission, detection, or nonlinear optical functionality. Engineers considering KGaS₂ would typically be working in advanced materials development or specialty photonic device design where sulfide semiconductors offer advantages in infrared response or wide-bandgap applications.

Research optoelectronicsPhotonic device materialsInfrared detectorsNonlinear optical materialsSemiconductor research

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	2.880	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	2.642	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	4.574	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	4.999	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	3.837	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000574	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00115	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-83.79	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	377.6	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	0.000	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-1.161	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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