Materials Data on LaSb2 by Materials Project

Abstract

LaSb2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmce space group. The structure is three-dimensional. La3+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Sb+1.50- atoms. There are a spread of La–Sb bond distances ranging from 3.24–3.55 Å. There are two inequivalent Sb+1.50- sites. In the first Sb+1.50- site, Sb+1.50- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to five equivalent La3+ and one Sb+1.50- atom. The Sb–Sb bond length is 2.87 Å. In the second Sb+1.50- site, Sb+1.50- is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent La3+ and four equivalent Sb+1.50- atoms. There are two shorter (3.16 Å) and two longer (3.18 Å) Sb–Sb bond lengths.