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Wrong space group ? P3m1 / P63mmc #16

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rogeriog opened this issue Mar 19, 2024 · 1 comment
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Wrong space group ? P3m1 / P63mmc #16

rogeriog opened this issue Mar 19, 2024 · 1 comment

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@rogeriog
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rogeriog commented Mar 19, 2024

I am interested in 2D materials such as Cs3Sb2I9 (P-3m1). I found some materials that would fit into this structure from the provided data, such as Cs3InIrBr9 (P-3m1) and Rb3ScIrBr9 (P-3m1). However, when I look at the CIF file, it instead appears to be very similar to Cs3Sb2I9 (P63mmc), which is a 0D material. This pattern repeats for all A3B2X9 (P-3m1) materials I've checked so far in the dataset. I show this figure to better illustrate.

Am I misunderstanding something?
ComparisonGNOMEp3m1

PS: the P63mmc form is more stable in the case of Cs3Sb2I9, so it would be expected for the 0D form to be in the convex hull instead of P-3m1, although of course this is not rule.

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blokhin commented Mar 20, 2024

Space group selection uncertainty for this structure type is known in the literature (see e.g. [1] vs [2]). In fact, this is because P-3m1 is a subgroup of P63/mmc. In turn, this should be manifested from the first principles in a slightly deeper minimum at zero Kelvin for the former structure being relaxed as compared to the latter structure.

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