Sc2CdS4 — Properties & Data | MatWorld

Sc2CdS4

ceramic

· JVASP-10716· Sc2CdS4

Sc2CdS4 is a ternary chalcogenide ceramic compound combining scandium, cadmium, and sulfur, representing an emerging materials system primarily investigated in solid-state chemistry and materials science research. While not yet established in high-volume industrial production, compounds in this family are of research interest for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications, where cadmium chalcogenides are known for semiconducting properties. Engineers encounter similar ternary sulfide ceramics in exploratory projects targeting wide bandgap semiconductors, photocatalysis, or specialized optical devices where conventional binary compounds (like CdS) show limitations.

research semiconductorsphotocatalytic materialsoptoelectronic compoundssolid-state chemistryexperimental photovoltaicswide-bandgap ceramics

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	74.30	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.3500	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	26.64	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	3.502	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)	0.9210	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)	7.937	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Electron Effective Mass(m*e)	0.3000	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Hole Effective Mass(m*h)	0.9600	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.000507	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00249	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-88.03	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	291.2	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)	-1.697	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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