MgCdTe2 — Properties & Data | MatWorld

MgCdTe2

ceramic

· JVASP-106036· MgCdTe2

MgCdTe2 is a ternary II-VI semiconductor ceramic compound combining magnesium, cadmium, and tellurium. This material belongs to the family of wide-bandgap semiconductors and is primarily of research and developmental interest rather than established industrial production, with potential applications in optoelectronic devices that require efficient photon emission or detection in specific wavelength ranges.

infrared optoelectronicsphotovoltaic researchradiation detectionquantum dot synthesissemiconductor researchexperimental device fabrication

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	37.01	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.3500	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	13.65	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	4.688	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	1.334	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.224	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	7.581	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	5.856	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	18.19	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.01340	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-0.6782	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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MgCdTe2

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