Materials Data on BaReH9 by Materials Project
BaReH9 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ba2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to eighteen H+0.56- atoms. There are six shorter (2.78 Å) and twelve longer (2.91 Å) Ba–H bond lengths. Re3+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine H+0.56- atoms. There is three shorter (1.68 Å) and six longer (1.71 Å) Re–H bond length. There are two inequivalent H+0.56- sites. In the first H+0.56- site, H+0.56- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to two equivalent Ba2+ and one Re3+ atom. In the second H+0.56- site, H+0.56- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to two equivalent Ba2+ and one Re3+ atom.