PrO

Name: PrO
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· PrO

Praseodymium oxide (PrO) is a rare-earth ceramic semiconductor compound used primarily in advanced electronic and optical applications where lanthanide elements provide unique quantum and photonic properties. It appears in thin-film optics, luminescent devices, and specialized electronic components where rare-earth oxides enable functionality unattainable with conventional semiconductors. Engineers select PrO-based materials for applications requiring specific electronic band structures, strong light-matter interactions, or catalytic activity in high-temperature environments where conventional semiconductors degrade.

optical coatings and waveguidesluminescent displays and phosphorssolid-state lasers and amplifierselectronic ceramics and capacitorscatalytic convertersthin-film transistors

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	20,276.3	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.2800	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	11,373.9	ksi	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	0.2849	lb/in³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)3 entries	0.000	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.584	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
↳	0.5500	eV	Measured
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)	5.603	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000221	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.000247	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-4.410	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	-4.670	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	11.00	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.01840	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-2.933	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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