skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Materials Data on Cu4SnS4 by Materials Project

Dataset ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.17188/1261763· OSTI ID:1261763

Cu4SnS4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Cu1+ sites. In the first Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three S2- atoms. There are one shorter (2.25 Å) and two longer (2.29 Å) Cu–S bond lengths. In the second Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form CuS4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent CuS4 tetrahedra and corners with four equivalent SnS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Cu–S bond distances ranging from 2.26–2.39 Å. In the third Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four S2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–S bond distances ranging from 2.23–2.52 Å. Sn4+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form SnS4 tetrahedra that share corners with eight equivalent CuS4 tetrahedra. There are three shorter (2.49 Å) and one longer (2.50 Å) Sn–S bond lengths. There are three inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded to four Cu1+ and one Sn4+ atom to form corner-sharing SCu4Sn trigonal bipyramids. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Cu1+ and one Sn4+ atom. In the third S2- site, S2- is bonded to three Cu1+ and one Sn4+ atom to form corner-sharing SCu3Sn tetrahedra.

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:
1261763
Report Number(s):
mp-504536
Resource Relation:
Related Information: https://materialsproject.org/citing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Materials Data on VCu13Sn(AsS8)2 by Materials Project
Dataset · Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2014 · OSTI ID:1261763

Materials Data on VCu13Sn(AsS8)2 by Materials Project
Dataset · Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · OSTI ID:1261763

Materials Data on Fe2Cu6SnS8 by Materials Project
Dataset · Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · OSTI ID:1261763