Materials Data on K(Cu2Sb)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

K(Cu2Sb)2 crystallizes in the trigonal R-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. K1+ is bonded to six equivalent Sb3- atoms to form distorted edge-sharing KSb6 octahedra. All K–Sb bond lengths are 3.50 Å. There are two inequivalent Cu+1.25+ sites. In the first Cu+1.25+ site, Cu+1.25+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Sb3- atoms. There are one shorter (2.71 Å) and three longer (2.86 Å) Cu–Sb bond lengths. In the second Cu+1.25+ site, Cu+1.25+ is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Sb3- atoms. All Cu–Sb bond lengths are 2.60 Å. Sb3- is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to three equivalent K1+ and seven Cu+1.25+ atoms.