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YCl3

Name: YCl3
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ceramic

· YCl3

Yttrium trichloride (YCl₃) is an inorganic ceramic compound and a key precursor material for producing yttrium oxide and rare-earth-doped ceramics. It is primarily used in research and industrial synthesis of high-performance optical materials, phosphors, and yttria-stabilized ceramics rather than as a structural material itself. Engineers encounter YCl₃ as an intermediate chemical in the production chain for laser crystals, scintillators, and thermal barrier coatings where yttrium incorporation is critical for performance.

optical crystal precursorrare-earth phosphor synthesislaser material manufacturingthermal barrier coating productionscintillator detector materialsceramic powder production

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Exfoliation Energy(Eexf)	68.89	meV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Density(ρ)	2.711	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries	4.565	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	5.283	eV	DFT · TBmBJ
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)2 entries	6.692	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	4.920	-	DFT · PBE
High-Frequency Dielectric Constant (ε∞)(ε∞)2 entries	3.408	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	2.960	-	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
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00141	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.000670	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-350.8	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	334.5	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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Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull)	0.000	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries	-2.364	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
↳	-2.591	eV/atom	Measured

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