Material:

Co2P

ID:

MMD-1372

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Compounds with the same formula: Co2P (2 entries found)
Compounds with the same elements: Co-P (9 entries found)
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Space group:

Crystal system

hexagonal

Space group number

189

Hermann-Mauguin

P-62m

Hall

P -6 -2

Point group

-6m2

Structure data:

Normalized formula

Co2P

The number of formula units per unit cell

3

The total number of atoms per unit cell

9

The number of inequivalent sites per unit cell

4

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Lattice parameters:

a (Å)

5.7263

b (Å)

5.7263

c (Å)

3.4079

α (deg.)

90.000

β (deg.)

90.000

γ (deg.)

120.000

Volume (Å3)

96.777

Density (g/cm3)

7.662

Crystal structure visualization:

Thermodynamic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Formation energy (vs. elemental phases)

-496.5 meV/atom

Formation energy above hull

20.5 meV/atom

Phase diagram:

Phase diagram

Related structures:

Compounds with the same formula: Co2P

2 entries found

Compounds with the same elements: Co-P

9 entries found

Magnetic properties:

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic ordering

Ferromagnetic

Total magnetic moment

3.23 μB/cell

Averaged magnetic moment

0.36 μB/atom

Magnetic polarization, Js = μ0Ms

0.39 T (= 310.4 emu/cm3)
LMTO-GF calculations (details)

Curie temperature, TC

DFT calculations (details)

Magnetic anisotropy constant, Ka-c

0.85 MJ/m3 (= 0.52 meV/cell)

Magnetic easy axis

c

Magnetic hardness parameter, κ

2.67

Atomic positions (fractional coordinates) and site-specific magnetic data:

index species w x y z m (μB) Esoc100 (meV) Esoc001 (meV)
1 Co 3g 0.601799 0.000000 0.500000 0.81 . .
2 Co 3g 0.398201 0.398201 0.500000 0.81 . .
3 Co 3g 0.000000 0.601799 0.500000 0.81 . .
4 Co 3f 0.000000 0.258706 0.000000 0.28 . .
5 Co 3f 0.741294 0.741294 0.000000 0.28 . .
6 Co 3f 0.258706 0.000000 0.000000 0.28 . .
7 P 1b 0.000000 0.000000 0.500000 -0.01 . .
8 P 2c 0.666667 0.333333 0.000000 -0.01 . .
9 P 2c 0.333333 0.666667 0.000000 -0.01 . .
w: site multiplicity (the number of equivalent positions) and Wyckoff letter (a label for site symmetry)
m: local magnetic moment
Esoc100 (001): Spin-orbit coupling energy for the magnetization oriented along the crystallographic a (c) axis
(Individual Esoc values are temporarily not available while we perform maintenance.)
Terms and conditions

Site-resolved magnetic moments:

Local magnetic moments

Pair-wise magnetic data:

site i site j distance (Å) Jij (meV)
1 Co 3g 2 Co 3g 3.04 .
1 Co 3g 3 Co 3g 3.04 .
1 Co 3g 4 Co 3f 2.63 .
1 Co 3g 5 Co 3f 2.63 .
1 Co 3g 6 Co 3f 2.60 .
1 Co 3g 7 P 1b 2.28 .
1 Co 3g 8 P 2c 2.44 .
1 Co 3g 9 P 2c 2.44 .
2 Co 3g 3 Co 3g 3.04 .
2 Co 3g 4 Co 3f 2.63 .
2 Co 3g 5 Co 3f 2.60 .
2 Co 3g 6 Co 3f 2.63 .
2 Co 3g 7 P 1b 2.28 .
2 Co 3g 8 P 2c 2.44 .
2 Co 3g 9 P 2c 2.44 .
3 Co 3g 4 Co 3f 2.60 .
3 Co 3g 5 Co 3f 2.63 .
3 Co 3g 6 Co 3f 2.63 .
3 Co 3g 7 P 1b 2.28 .
3 Co 3g 8 P 2c 2.44 .
3 Co 3g 9 P 2c 2.44 .
4 Co 3f 5 Co 3f 2.57 .
4 Co 3f 6 Co 3f 2.57 .
4 Co 3f 7 P 1b 2.26 .
4 Co 3f 8 P 2c 2.15 .
4 Co 3f 9 P 2c 2.15 .
5 Co 3f 6 Co 3f 2.57 .
5 Co 3f 7 P 1b 2.26 .
5 Co 3f 8 P 2c 2.15 .
5 Co 3f 9 P 2c 2.15 .
6 Co 3f 7 P 1b 2.26 .
6 Co 3f 8 P 2c 2.15 .
6 Co 3f 9 P 2c 2.15 .
7 P 1b 8 P 2c 3.72 .
7 P 1b 9 P 2c 3.72 .
8 P 2c 9 P 2c 3.31 .
Jij: magnetic exchange parameter between site i and j (Individual Jij values are temporarily not available while we perform maintenance.)
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Terms and conditions

Pair-resolved magnetic exchange parameters:


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Individual exchange parameters:


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Methods:

DFT calculations

  • exchange-correlation energy functional: GGA-PBE
  • pseudopotential type: PAW
  • cutoff energy: 65.0 Ry
  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) = (12, 12, 18) for magnetic anisotropy calculations
  • package: QE (v6.3)

LMTO-GF calculations

  • k-point grid: (kx, ky, kz) =
  • energy mesh: 41 points on an elliptical contour
  • package: Questaal (v7)

References:

References

Materials Project: mp-13446
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