MgVInS4 is a quaternary chalcogenide compound containing magnesium, vanadium, indium, and sulfur. This is a research-phase material rather than an established commercial alloy; compounds in this family are investigated for their potential semiconducting, photovoltaic, or optoelectronic properties due to the combination of transition metal (vanadium) and post-transition metal (indium) character. While not yet widely deployed in production engineering, quaternary sulfides like this represent emerging candidates for next-generation thin-film solar cells, IR detectors, or other semiconducting device applications where tuned bandgap and multi-element doping offer performance advantages over binary or ternary alternatives.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ) | 3.610 | kg/m³ | DFT · OptB88vdW |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg) | 0.000 | eV | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB) | 4.000 | µB | DFT · OptB88vdW |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull) | 0.07280 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Formation Energy(ΔHf) | -1.001 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW |
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