Yttrium erbium oxide (YErO3) is a mixed rare-earth oxide semiconductor belonging to the family of lanthanide-based functional ceramics. This material is primarily of research and specialized industrial interest, explored for its potential in optoelectronic devices, thermal barrier coatings, and solid-state laser host materials where the combination of rare-earth dopants offers tunable electronic and optical properties. Its notable advantage over single rare-earth oxides lies in the ability to engineer electronic band structure and luminescence characteristics through mixed lanthanide composition, making it particularly relevant in applications requiring precision control of light emission or thermal management in extreme environments.
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| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ) | 0.2626 | lb/in³ | DFT · OptB88vdW |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Band Gap(Eg)2 entries | 4.890 | eV | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
| ↳ | 1.895 | eV | DFT · PBE | ||
Electron Effective Mass(m*e) | 0.9433 | me | DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C | ||
Hole Effective Mass(m*h) | 1.813 | me | DFT · OptB88vdW · 27°C | ||
Magnetic Moment(μB)2 entries | 0.000 | μB | DFT | ||
| ↳ | 0.000 | µB | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries | 0.00160 | W/(m·K²) | DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C | ||
| ↳ | 0.000870 | W/(m·K²) | DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C | ||
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries | -306.2 | μV/K | DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C | ||
| ↳ | 333.7 | μV/K | DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy Above Hull(ΔEhull) | 0.08240 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW | ||
Formation Energy(ΔHf)2 entries | -3.010 | eV/atom | DFT | ||
| ↳ | -3.793 | eV/atom | DFT · OptB88vdW |
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