Materials Data on HoReB4 by Materials Project

Abstract

HoReB4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbam space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ho3+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to fourteen B+1.50- atoms. There are a spread of Ho–B bond distances ranging from 2.66–2.82 Å. Re3+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten B+1.50- atoms. There are a spread of Re–B bond distances ranging from 2.33–2.39 Å. There are four inequivalent B+1.50- sites. In the first B+1.50- site, B+1.50- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ho3+, two equivalent Re3+, and three B+1.50- atoms. There are a spread of B–B bond distances ranging from 1.76–1.85 Å. In the second B+1.50- site, B+1.50- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ho3+, four equivalent Re3+, and three B+1.50- atoms. Both B–B bond lengths are 1.75 Å. In the third B+1.50- site, B+1.50- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ho3+, two equivalent Re3+, and three B+1.50- atoms. There is one shorter (1.78 Å) and one longer (1.82 Å) B–B bond length. In the fourth B+1.50- site, B+1.50- is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ho3+, two equivalent Re3+, and three B+1.50- atoms.