Materials Data on YbP5 by Materials Project

Abstract

YbP5 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb3+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten P+0.60- atoms. There are a spread of Yb–P bond distances ranging from 2.88–3.38 Å. There are three inequivalent P+0.60- sites. In the first P+0.60- site, P+0.60- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Yb3+ and two P+0.60- atoms. There are one shorter (2.15 Å) and one longer (2.22 Å) P–P bond lengths. In the second P+0.60- site, P+0.60- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Yb3+ and two equivalent P+0.60- atoms. Both P–P bond lengths are 2.21 Å. In the third P+0.60- site, P+0.60- is bonded to one Yb3+ and three P+0.60- atoms to form distorted edge-sharing PYbP3 trigonal pyramids. The P–P bond length is 2.22 Å.