Materials Data on Yb3(GePd)4 by Materials Project

Dataset · Thu Jul 16 04:00:00 EDT 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.17188/1187100· OSTI ID:1187100

Yb3Pd4Ge4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Immm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Yb sites. In the first Yb site, Yb is bonded to six Ge atoms to form distorted edge-sharing YbGe6 octahedra. There are two shorter (3.07 Å) and four longer (3.12 Å) Yb–Ge bond lengths. In the second Yb site, Yb is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Pd and six Ge atoms. There are four shorter (3.08 Å) and two longer (3.11 Å) Yb–Pd bond lengths. There are two shorter (2.98 Å) and four longer (3.02 Å) Yb–Ge bond lengths. Pd is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Yb and four Ge atoms. There are a spread of Pd–Ge bond distances ranging from 2.59–2.62 Å. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to six Yb, two equivalent Pd, and one Ge atom. The Ge–Ge bond length is 2.55 Å. In the second Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to three Yb and six equivalent Pd atoms.

• Research Organization: LBNL Materials Project; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
• Contributing Organization: The Materials Project; MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1187100
• Report Number(s): mp-10415
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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