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NbCl4

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· NbCl4

NbCl4 is a niobium tetrachloride compound belonging to the metal halide family, primarily of interest as a precursor material and intermediate compound in materials synthesis rather than as a structural engineering material itself. This chloride is used in research and industrial synthesis routes for producing niobium-based materials, refractory compounds, and thin films, particularly in semiconductor processing and specialty chemical manufacturing where controlled niobium introduction is required. NbCl4 is notable in layered material research contexts due to its exfoliation characteristics, making it relevant to emerging applications in two-dimensional materials development and advanced coatings.

precursor for niobium compoundssemiconductor thin film depositionmaterials synthesis intermediatelayered materials researchspecialty chemical production

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	3,106.7	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
Exfoliation Energy(Eexf)	74.08	meV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.2700	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	1,791.2	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.1141	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	0.9510	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	1.234	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)2 entries	13.35	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	6.300	-	DFT · PBE
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	6.272	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	5.337	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electronic Dielectric Tensor(ε∞)	Matrix (redacted)	-	DFT · PBE
Total Dielectric Tensor(ε)	Matrix (redacted)	-	DFT · PBE
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	33.46	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-1.308	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-1.440	eV/atom	Measured

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