Materials Data on GeAu3 by Materials Project
Au3Ge is alpha bismuth trifluoride structured and crystallizes in the cubic Fm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Au1- sites. In the first Au1- site, Au1- is bonded to four equivalent Au1- and four equivalent Ge3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, corner, and face-sharing AuGe4Au4 tetrahedra. All Au–Au bond lengths are 2.88 Å. All Au–Ge bond lengths are 2.88 Å. In the second Au1- site, Au1- is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent Au1- atoms. Ge3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent Au1- atoms.