Materials Data on CeS2 by Materials Project
CeS2 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ce4+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine S2- atoms. There are a spread of Ce–S bond distances ranging from 2.84–3.16 Å. There are two inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded to five equivalent Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing SCe5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Ce4+ and one S2- atom. The S–S bond length is 2.17 Å.