MgGaO2S — Properties & Data | MatWorld

MgGaO2S

ceramic

· MgGaO2S

MgGaO2S is an experimental ternary ceramic compound combining magnesium, gallium, oxygen, and sulfur—a mixed-anion oxysulfide that belongs to the broader family of wide-bandgap semiconducting ceramics. This material is primarily of research interest for optoelectronic and photonic applications, where its unique electronic structure and potential for tunable optical properties make it a candidate for next-generation light-emitting devices, photodetectors, and photocatalytic systems. Unlike conventional binary oxides or sulfides, oxysulfides like MgGaO2S offer compositional flexibility to engineer bandgap energy and defect chemistry, though industrial adoption remains limited and the material is not yet widely commercialized.

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Band Gap(Eg)	0.000	eV	DFT · GLLB-SC
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.9916	μB	DFT

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	0.9400	eV/atom	DFT

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MgGaO2S

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