Materials Data on Mo3C2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Mo3C2 crystallizes in the trigonal P-3m1 space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one Mo2C sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction and one Mo4C3 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. In the Mo2C sheet, Mo+2.67+ is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three equivalent C4- atoms. All Mo–C bond lengths are 2.14 Å. C4- is bonded to six equivalent Mo+2.67+ atoms to form edge-sharing CMo6 octahedra. In the Mo4C3 sheet, there are two inequivalent Mo+2.67+ sites. In the first Mo+2.67+ site, Mo+2.67+ is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three equivalent C4- atoms. All Mo–C bond lengths are 2.07 Å. In the second Mo+2.67+ site, Mo+2.67+ is bonded to six C4- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MoC6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are three shorter (2.18 Å) and three longer (2.23 Å) Mo–C bond lengths. There are two inequivalent C4- sites. In the first C4- site, C4- is bonded to six equivalent Mo+2.67+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing CMo6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. In the second C4- site, C4- is bonded to six Mo+2.67+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing CMo6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°.