Materials Data on CsC8 by Materials Project
CsC8 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Cs1+ is bonded to twelve C+0.12- atoms to form face-sharing CsC12 cuboctahedra. All Cs–C bond lengths are 3.38 Å. There are five inequivalent C+0.12- sites. In the first C+0.12- site, C+0.12- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Cs1+ and three C+0.12- atoms. All C–C bond lengths are 1.44 Å. In the second C+0.12- site, C+0.12- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Cs1+ and three C+0.12- atoms. Both C–C bond lengths are 1.44 Å. In the third C+0.12- site, C+0.12- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Cs1+ and three C+0.12- atoms. The C–C bond length is 1.44 Å. In the fourth C+0.12- site, C+0.12- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Cs1+ and three C+0.12- atoms. All C–C bond lengths are 1.44 Å. In the fifth C+0.12- site, C+0.12- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three C+0.12- atoms.