Structure info
Layer group p-6m2
Layer group number 78
Structure origin original03-18
Stability
Energy above convex hull [eV/atom] 0.007
Heat of formation [eV/atom] -1.540
Dynamically stable Yes
Basic properties
Magnetic state NM
Band gap [eV] 0.908
Band gap (HSE06) [eV] 1.471
Band gap (G₀W₀) [eV] 2.092
XYZ CIF JSON
Axis x [Å] y [Å] z [Å] Periodic
1 3.349 0.000 0.000 Yes
2 -1.675 2.901 0.000 Yes
3 0.000 0.000 18.460 No
Lengths [Å] 3.349 3.349 18.460
Angles [°] 90.000 90.000 120.000

HfCl2 (1HfCl2-1)
Heat of formation [eV/atom] -1.54
Energy above convex hull [eV/atom] 0.01
Monolayers from C2DB
Hf2Cl6, (2HfCl3-1) -1.64 eV/atom
Hf2Cl6, (2HfCl3-2) -1.61 eV/atom
HfCl2, (1HfCl2-1) -1.54 eV/atom
Hf2Cl4, (2HfCl2-1) -1.50 eV/atom
HfCl2, (1HfCl2-2) -1.41 eV/atom
Cl2Hf2, (2ClHf-1) -1.18 eV/atom
HfCl2, (1HfCl2-3) -1.10 eV/atom
Cl2Hf2, (2ClHf-2) -0.47 eV/atom
Bulk crystals from OQMD123
Cl8Hf2 -1.84 eV/atom
Cl4 0.00 eV/atom
Hf2 0.00 eV/atom

Cij (N/m) xx yy xy
xx 95.53 16.39 -0.01
yy 16.78 94.86 -0.01
xy 0.00 0.00 79.05
Stiffness tensor eigenvalues
Eigenvalue 0 78.61 N/m
Eigenvalue 1 79.05 N/m
Eigenvalue 2 111.78 N/m

AB2/1HfCl2/1/phonon_bs.png
Property Value
Minimum eigenvalue of Hessian [eV/Ų] -0.00

DVB (eV) xx yy xy
Γ 6.34 6.47 -0.02
M 1.29 4.01 -2.26
K -0.17 -0.12 -0.02
kVBM -0.17 -0.12 -0.02
xx yy xy
Band Gap 1.23 4.04 0.06
DCB (eV) xx yy xy
Γ -0.42 -0.34 -0.02
M 0.54 -1.89 2.07
K -0.33 -0.23 -0.02
kCBM 1.06 3.92 0.03

DOS BZ

VBM
Property (VBM) Value
Min eff. mass 0.38 m0
Max eff. mass 0.38 m0
DOS eff. mass 0.38 m0
Crystal coordinates [0.333, 0.333]
Warping parameter -0.000
Barrier height > 246.0 meV
Distance to barrier > 0.0287 Å-1
CBM
Property (CBM) Value
Min eff. mass 0.62 m0
Max eff. mass 0.99 m0
DOS eff. mass 0.78 m0
Crystal coordinates [0.117, 0.117]
Warping parameter 0.000
Barrier height > 84.8 meV
Distance to barrier > 0.0289 Å-1

AB2/1HfCl2/1/hse-bs.png
Property Value
KVP: Band gap (HSE06) [eV] 1.47
KVP: Direct band gap (HSE06) [eV] 2.34
Valence band maximum wrt. vacuum level (HSE06) -3.88 eV
Conduction band minimum wrt. vacuum level (HSE06) -2.41 eV

AB2/1HfCl2/1/gw-bs.png
Property Value
Band gap (G₀W₀) [eV] 2.09
Direct band gap (G₀W₀) [eV] 2.88
Valence band maximum wrt. vacuum level (G₀W₀) -4.37 eV
Conduction band minimum wrt. vacuum level (G₀W₀) -2.28 eV

ZHfij ux uy uz
Px 1.54 -0.00 0.00
Py 0.00 1.54 0.00
Pz -0.00 0.00 0.35
ZClij ux uy uz
Px -0.77 0.00 -0.00
Py 0.00 -0.77 0.00
Pz 0.00 0.00 -0.18
ZClij ux uy uz
Px -0.77 0.00 0.00
Py 0.00 -0.77 -0.00
Pz -0.00 -0.00 -0.18

AB2/1HfCl2/1/shg1.png
Element Relations
yyy yyy=-xxy=-yxx=-xyx
Others 0=xxx=xxz=xyy=xyz=xzx=xzy=xzz=yxy=yxz=yyx=yyz=yzx= yzy=yzz=zxx=zxy=zxz=zyx=zyy=zyz=zzx=zzy=zzz
AB2/1HfCl2/1/shg2.png

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AB2/1HfCl2/1/rpa-pol-y.png
Properties
Static interband polarizability at (x) [Å] 4.367
Static interband polarizability at (y) [Å] 4.367
Static interband polarizability at (z) [Å] 0.355
Plasma frequency (x) [Å0.5] 0.000
Plasma frequency (y) [Å0.5] 0.000

AB2/1HfCl2/1/ir-pol-x.png AB2/1HfCl2/1/ir-pol-z.png
AB2/1HfCl2/1/ir-pol-y.png
Static polarizability [Å]
Phonons only (x) 0.40
Phonons only (y) 0.39
Phonons only (z) 0.01
Total (phonons + electrons) (x) 4.76
Total (phonons + electrons) (y) 4.76
Total (phonons + electrons) (z) 0.37

AB2/1HfCl2/1/Raman.png
Mode Frequency (1/cm) Degeneracy
Mode 1 0. 3
Mode 2 192.5 2
Mode 3 223.6 2
Mode 4 260.3 1
Mode 5 323.5 1

AB2/1HfCl2/1/absx.png
Property Value
The exciton binding energy from the Bethe–Salpeter equation (BSE) [eV]. 0.91
AB2/1HfCl2/1/absz.png

# Chemical symbol Charges [|e|]
0 Hf 1.38
1 Cl -0.69
2 Cl -0.69

cij (e/Ådim-1) xx yy xy
x -0.00 -0.00 0.01
y 0.01 -0.02 0.00
z -0.00 0.00 0.00
cclampedij (e/Ådim-1) xx yy xy
x -0.00 -0.00 -0.05
y -0.05 0.05 0.00
z 0.00 -0.00 0.00

Shift-current
Element Relations
yyy yyy=-xyx=-yxx=-xxy
Others 0=xxx=xxz=xyy=xyz=xzx=xzy=xzz=yxy=yxz=yyx=yyz=yzx= yzy=yzz=zxx=zxy=zxz=zyx=zyy=zyz=zzx=zzy=zzz

Miscellaneous details
Unique ID 1HfCl2-1
Number of atoms 3
Number of species 2
Formula HfCl2
Reduced formula HfCl2
Stoichiometry AB2
Unit cell area [Å2] 9.715
Original file-system folder /home/niflheim2/cmr/C2DB-ASR/tree/AB2/HfCl2/HfCl2-864f8b497185
Old uid HfCl2-864f8b497185
Inversion symmetry No
Layer group p-6m2
Layer group number 78
Structure origin original03-18
Band gap [eV] 0.908
gap_dir 1.723
gap_dir_nosoc 1.795
Vacuum level [eV] 4.035
Fermi level [eV] 0.790
minhessianeig -0.000
Dynamically stable Yes
Band gap (HSE06) [eV] 1.471
gap_dir_hse 2.343
vbm_hse 0.157
cbm_hse 1.628
Miscellaneous details
Band gap (G₀W₀) [eV] 2.092
gap_dir_gw 2.880
vbm_gw -0.338
cbm_gw 1.754
E_B 0.914
Static interband polarizability at (x) [Å] 4.367
Static interband polarizability at (y) [Å] 4.367
Static interband polarizability at (z) [Å] 0.355
Static polarizability (phonons) (x) [Å] 0.398
Static polarizability (phonons + electrons) (x) [Å] 4.764
Static polarizability (phonons) (y) [Å] 0.395
Static polarizability (phonons + electrons) (y) [Å] 4.762
Static polarizability (phonons) (z) [Å] 0.011
Static polarizability (phonons + electrons) (z) [Å] 0.366
Plasma frequency (x) [Å0.5] 0.000
Plasma frequency (y) [Å0.5] 0.000
Energy [eV] -15.696
Magnetic state NM
Spin axis z
Magnetic anisotropy energy, xz [meV/unit cell] 0.000
Magnetic anisotropy energy, yz [meV/unit cell] 0.000
Energy above convex hull [eV/atom] 0.007
Heat of formation [eV/atom] -1.540
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