Materials Data on GePt3 by Materials Project
Pt3Ge crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Pt+0.67- sites. In the first Pt+0.67- site, Pt+0.67- is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to four equivalent Pt+0.67- and two equivalent Ge2+ atoms. All Pt–Pt bond lengths are 2.85 Å. Both Pt–Ge bond lengths are 2.54 Å. In the second Pt+0.67- site, Pt+0.67- is bonded to eight Pt+0.67- and four equivalent Ge2+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and face-sharing PtGe4Pt8 cuboctahedra. All Pt–Pt bond lengths are 2.85 Å. All Pt–Ge bond lengths are 2.80 Å. In the third Pt+0.67- site, Pt+0.67- is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to four equivalent Pt+0.67- and two equivalent Ge2+ atoms. There are one shorter (2.53 Å) and one longer (2.54 Å) Pt–Ge bond lengths. Ge2+ is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to eight Pt+0.67- atoms.