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</script>Crystal Structure Prediction and Phase Stability in Highly Anharmonic Silver-Based Chalcohalide Antiperovskites
handle: 2117/430489
Silver-based chalcohalide antiperovskites (CAPs), Ag3BC (B=S, Se; C=Cl,Br,I), represent an emerging family of energy materials with intriguing optoelectronic, vibrational, and ionic transport properties. However, the structural features and phase stability of CAP remain poorly investigated to date, hindering their fundamental understanding and potential integration into technological applications. Here we employ theoretical first-principles methods based on density-functional theory to fill this knowledge gap. Through crystal-structure prediction techniques, molecular dynamics simulations, and quasiharmonic free-energy calculations, we unveil a series of previously overlooked energetically competitive phases and temperature-induced phase transitions for all CAP. Specifically, we identify a new cubic P213 structure as the stable phase of all CAP containing S both at zero temperature and T≠0 K conditions. Consequently, our calculations suggest that the cubic Pm3¯m phase identified in room-temperature x-ray diffraction experiments is possibly metastable. Furthermore, for CAP containing Se, we propose different orthorhombic (Pca21 and P212121) and cubic (I213) structures as the ground-state phases and reveal several phase transformations induced by temperature. This theoretical investigation not only identifies new candidate ground-state phases and solid-solid phase transformations for all CAP but also provides insights into potential stability issues affecting technological applications based on these highly anharmonic materials. Published by the American Physical Society 2025
Electronic structure, TK1001-1841, Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Production of electric energy or power. Powerplants. Central stations, Structural properties, Transition temperature, Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de l'estat sòlid::Cristalls, Phase transitions, TJ807-830, Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci), FOS: Physical sciences, Renewable energy sources
Electronic structure, TK1001-1841, Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Production of electric energy or power. Powerplants. Central stations, Structural properties, Transition temperature, Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de l'estat sòlid::Cristalls, Phase transitions, TJ807-830, Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci), FOS: Physical sciences, Renewable energy sources
