Materials Data on AlN by Materials Project
AlN is Wurtzite structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Al3+ is bonded to five equivalent N3- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing AlN5 trigonal bipyramids. There are three shorter (1.91 Å) and two longer (2.09 Å) Al–N bond lengths. N3- is bonded to five equivalent Al3+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing NAl5 trigonal bipyramids.