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YbCl2

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· YbCl2

Ytterbium dichloride (YbCl₂) is an ionic ceramic compound belonging to the rare-earth halide family, characterized by its layered crystal structure typical of lanthanide chlorides. While primarily a research and specialty material rather than a high-volume engineering ceramic, YbCl₂ finds application in optics and photonics due to ytterbium's luminescent properties, and serves as a precursor or dopant material in the synthesis of advanced ceramics and phosphors. Its selection is driven by specialized requirements in laser materials, scintillators, and rare-earth-based functional ceramics where ytterbium's specific electronic transitions provide performance advantages unavailable from common ceramic alternatives.

rare-earth dopant materialsoptical ceramics and photonicslaser host materialsphosphor precursorsscintillation detectorsresearch and specialty synthesis

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	41.98	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Poisson's Ratio(ν)	0.3300	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	18.31	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	4.958	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	5.566	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	7.595	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	6.993	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	3.124	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.584	-	DFT · TBmBJ
Electron Effective Mass(m*e)	0.6067	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Hole Effective Mass(m*h)	2.330	me	DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00155	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00106	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-176.7	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	300.5	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Spectroscopic Limited Maximum Efficiency (SLME)(SLME)	0.000	%	DFT · TBmBJ

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-2.596	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-2.761	eV/atom	Measured

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