Materials Data on PdS by Materials Project

Abstract

PdS crystallizes in the tetragonal P4_2/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Pd2+ sites. In the first Pd2+ site, Pd2+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four equivalent S2- atoms. There are two shorter (2.37 Å) and two longer (2.38 Å) Pd–S bond lengths. In the second Pd2+ site, Pd2+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four equivalent S2- atoms. All Pd–S bond lengths are 2.37 Å. In the third Pd2+ site, Pd2+ is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to four equivalent S2- atoms. All Pd–S bond lengths are 2.34 Å. S2- is bonded to four Pd2+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SPd4 trigonal pyramids.