Materials Data on Fe2AgS3 by Materials Project

Abstract

AgFe2S3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmce space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Fe+2.50+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form FeS4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent FeS4 tetrahedra, corners with five equivalent AgS4 trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent FeS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Fe–S bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.15 Å. Ag1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form distorted AgS4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with ten equivalent FeS4 tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent AgS4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Ag–S bond distances ranging from 2.51–2.62 Å. There are two inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Fe+2.50+ and one Ag1+ atom. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded to two equivalent Fe+2.50+ and two equivalent Ag1+ atoms to form distorted corner-sharing SFe2Ag2 trigonal pyramids.