Materials Data on NbS3 by Materials Project
NbS3 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one NbS3 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. there are two inequivalent Nb5+ sites. In the first Nb5+ site, Nb5+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight S+1.67- atoms. There are a spread of Nb–S bond distances ranging from 2.50–2.69 Å. In the second Nb5+ site, Nb5+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight S+1.67- atoms. There are a spread of Nb–S bond distances ranging from 2.47–2.66 Å. There are six inequivalent S+1.67- sites. In the first S+1.67- site, S+1.67- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two Nb5+ and one S+1.67- atom. The S–S bond length is 2.02 Å. In the second S+1.67- site, S+1.67- is bonded to four Nb5+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing SNb4 trigonal pyramids. In the third S+1.67- site, S+1.67- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Nb5+ atoms. In the fourth S+1.67- site, S+1.67- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two Nb5+ and one S+1.67- atom. In the fifth S+1.67- site, S+1.67- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Nb5+ and one S+1.67- atom. The S–S bond length is 2.02 Å. In the sixth S+1.67- site, S+1.67- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Nb5+ and one S+1.67- atom.