Materials Data on Cu8GeS6 by Materials Project
Cu8GeS6 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmn2_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are five inequivalent Cu1+ sites. In the first Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two S2- atoms. There are one shorter (2.23 Å) and one longer (2.25 Å) Cu–S bond lengths. In the second Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three S2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–S bond distances ranging from 2.32–2.38 Å. In the third Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form distorted CuS4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent GeS4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent CuS4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one CuS4 trigonal pyramid, and an edgeedge with one CuS4 trigonal pyramid. There are a spread of Cu–S bond distances ranging from 2.34–2.54 Å. In the fourth Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three S2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–S bond distances ranging from 2.22–2.53 Å. In the fifth Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form distorted CuS4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent GeS4 tetrahedra and corners with six equivalent CuS4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Cu–S bond distances ranging from 2.32–2.42 Å. Ge4+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form GeS4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent CuS4 tetrahedra and corners with four equivalent CuS4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Ge–S bond distances ranging from 2.21–2.24 Å. There are five inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Cu1+ atoms. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Cu1+ and one Ge4+ atom. In the third S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Cu1+ and one Ge4+ atom. In the fourth S2- site, S2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal pyramidal geometry to three Cu1+ and one Ge4+ atom. In the fifth S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six Cu1+ atoms.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). LBNL Materials Project
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Contributing Organization:
- MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; EDCBEE
- OSTI ID:
- 1267973
- Report Number(s):
- mp-5546
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: https://materialsproject.org/citing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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