Materials Data on Ti3SiC2 by Materials Project
Ti3SiC2 is MAX Phase-like structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ti4+ sites. In the first Ti4+ site, Ti4+ is bonded to six equivalent C4- atoms to form edge-sharing TiC6 octahedra. All Ti–C bond lengths are 2.19 Å. In the second Ti4+ site, Ti4+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Si4- and three equivalent C4- atoms. All Ti–Si bond lengths are 2.71 Å. All Ti–C bond lengths are 2.09 Å. Si4- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six equivalent Ti4+ atoms. C4- is bonded to six Ti4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing CTi6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°.
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