Materials Data on V(CrS2)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

V(CrS2)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. V2+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form VS6 octahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent CrS6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent VS6 octahedra, and faces with two equivalent CrS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–51°. There are two shorter (2.41 Å) and four longer (2.45 Å) V–S bond lengths. Cr3+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form CrS6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent VS6 octahedra, edges with six equivalent CrS6 octahedra, and a faceface with one VS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–51°. There are a spread of Cr–S bond distances ranging from 2.36–2.47 Å. There are two inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded to two equivalent V2+ and three equivalent Cr3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SV2Cr3 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one V2+ and three equivalent Cr3+ atoms.