Materials Data on Cs2CaCl4 by Materials Project
Cs2CaCl4 is (La,Ba)CuO4 structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Cs1+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of Cs–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.49–3.85 Å. Ca2+ is bonded to six Cl1- atoms to form corner-sharing CaCl6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.72 Å) and two longer (2.74 Å) Ca–Cl bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to four equivalent Cs1+ and two equivalent Ca2+ atoms. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded to five equivalent Cs1+ and one Ca2+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ClCs5Ca octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–6°.