YGaI — Properties & Data | MatWorld

YGaI

ceramic

· JVASP-12031· YGaI

YGaI is an experimental ternary ceramic compound composed of yttrium, gallium, and iodine. This material belongs to the family of rare-earth halide ceramics and remains primarily in research phases, with potential applications in optoelectronic and photonic device development. While not yet established in mainstream industrial production, YGaI and related rare-earth halide systems are of interest for their potential in scintillators, radiation detectors, and semiconducting applications where the combination of rare-earth and halide constituents offers tunable electronic and optical properties.

research and developmentradiation detection materialsoptoelectronic compoundsscintillator developmentphotonic devicesexperimental semiconductors

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Bulk Modulus(K)	32.07	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW
Exfoliation Energy(Eexf)	44.37	meV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW
Shear Modulus(G)	-12.56	GPa	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions	Source
Density(ρ)	5.469	kg/m³	DFT · OptB88vdW

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Property	Value	Unit	Conditions
Band Gap(Eg)	0.000	eV	DFT · OptB88vdW
Dielectric Constant (Relative Permittivity)(εr)	20.08	-	DFT · OptB88vdW
Magnetic Moment(μB)	0.000	µB	DFT · OptB88vdW
Piezoelectric Modulus(eij)	0.000	C/m²	DFT · OptB88vdW
Thermoelectric Power Factor(PF)2 entries	0.00198	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	0.00143	W/(m·K²)	DFT · OptB88vdW · p-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
Seebeck Coefficient(S)2 entries	-42.30	μV/K	DFT · OptB88vdW · n-type · 1e20 cm⁻³ · 327°C
↳	-45.99	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)	-1.104	eV/atom	DFT · OptB88vdW

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