Materials Data on SiAs by Materials Project

Abstract

SiAs crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one SiAs sheet oriented in the (2, 0, -1) direction. there are three inequivalent Si sites. In the first Si site, Si is bonded to one Si and three As atoms to form distorted corner-sharing SiSiAs3 tetrahedra. The Si–Si bond length is 2.35 Å. There are one shorter (2.40 Å) and two longer (2.41 Å) Si–As bond lengths. In the second Si site, Si is bonded to one Si and three As atoms to form corner-sharing SiSiAs3 tetrahedra. There are one shorter (2.40 Å) and two longer (2.41 Å) Si–As bond lengths. In the third Si site, Si is bonded to one Si and three As atoms to form corner-sharing SiSiAs3 tetrahedra. The Si–Si bond length is 2.36 Å. There are two shorter (2.42 Å) and one longer (2.43 Å) Si–As bond lengths. There are three inequivalent As sites. In the first As site, As is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three Si atoms. In the second As site, As is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three Si atoms. In the third As site, As is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three Si atoms.