Materials Data on Y6CoI10 by Materials Project
Y6CoI10 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Y sites. In the first Y site, Y is bonded to one Co and five I atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing YCoI5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–12°. The Y–Co bond length is 2.68 Å. There are a spread of Y–I bond distances ranging from 3.11–3.37 Å. In the second Y site, Y is bonded to one Co and five I atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing YCoI5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–12°. The Y–Co bond length is 2.58 Å. There are a spread of Y–I bond distances ranging from 3.06–3.42 Å. In the third Y site, Y is bonded to one Co and five I atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing YCoI5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. The Y–Co bond length is 2.71 Å. There are a spread of Y–I bond distances ranging from 3.02–3.34 Å. Co is bonded in an octahedral geometry to six Y atoms. There are five inequivalent I sites. In the first I site, I is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two Y atoms. In the second I site, I is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three Y atoms. In the third I site, I is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three Y atoms. In the fourth I site, I is bonded in a distorted see-saw-like geometry to four Y atoms. In the fifth I site, I is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Y atoms.