Materials Data on U5VSb3 by Materials Project

Abstract

U5VSb3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mcm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent U sites. In the first U site, U is bonded to two equivalent V and five equivalent Sb atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing UV2Sb5 pentagonal bipyramids. Both U–V bond lengths are 2.78 Å. There are a spread of U–Sb bond distances ranging from 3.09–3.27 Å. In the second U site, U is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent U and six equivalent Sb atoms. Both U–U bond lengths are 2.97 Å. All U–Sb bond lengths are 3.20 Å. V is bonded to six equivalent U atoms to form distorted face-sharing VU6 octahedra. Sb is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine U atoms.