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. 2018 Feb 13;8(13):7022–7028. doi: 10.1039/c8ra00369f

The structural and electronic parameters of H2-Ga(In)Bi with vacancy defects; lattice constant (l); bond length (d) marked in the structure of Fig. 3; binding energy (Eb); formation energy (Eform); bandgap (Egap), M refers to metallic.

System GaBi InBi
Defects BiGa GaBi Ga↔Bi BiIn InBi In↔Bi
E b (eV per atom) 3.268 3.222 3.250 3.138 3.072 3.109
E form (eV) 0.25 1.27 0.39 −0.007 1.62 0.58
E gap (eV) 0.20 M 0.29 M M 0.30
l (Å) 18.41 18.08 18.32 19.71 19.40 19.60
d (Å) a = 3.14, b = 2.76 a = 2.53, b = 2.84 a = 2.93, b = 2.47, c = 3.06 a = 3.14, b = 2.95 a = 2.91, b = 3.00 a = 3.14, b = 2.80, c = 3.07