Materials Data on Ti3Zn3N by Materials Project
Ti3Zn3N crystallizes in the cubic Fd-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ti is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to six Zn and two equivalent N atoms. There are a spread of Ti–Zn bond distances ranging from 2.69–3.05 Å. Both Ti–N bond lengths are 2.13 Å. There are two inequivalent Zn sites. In the first Zn site, Zn is bonded to six equivalent Ti and six equivalent Zn atoms to form ZnTi6Zn6 cuboctahedra that share corners with six equivalent ZnTi6Zn6 cuboctahedra, edges with six equivalent NTi6 octahedra, and faces with fourteen ZnTi6Zn6 cuboctahedra. All Zn–Zn bond lengths are 2.51 Å. In the second Zn site, Zn is bonded to six equivalent Ti and six Zn atoms to form distorted ZnTi6Zn6 cuboctahedra that share corners with nine ZnTi6Zn6 cuboctahedra, corners with three equivalent NTi6 octahedra, faces with thirteen ZnTi6Zn6 cuboctahedra, and faces with three equivalent NTi6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 46°. All Zn–Zn bond lengths are 2.77 Å. N is bonded to six equivalent Ti atoms to form NTi6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent ZnTi6Zn6 cuboctahedra, corners with six equivalent NTi6 octahedra, edges with six equivalent ZnTi6Zn6 cuboctahedra, and faces with six equivalent ZnTi6Zn6 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 34°.