Materials Data on CeSe2 by Materials Project
CeSe2 is Molybdenite-like structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R3m space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of three CeSe2 sheets oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Ce4+ is bonded to six Se2- atoms to form distorted edge-sharing CeSe6 pentagonal pyramids. There are three shorter (2.89 Å) and three longer (2.90 Å) Ce–Se bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Se2- sites. In the first Se2- site, Se2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three equivalent Ce4+ atoms. In the second Se2- site, Se2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three equivalent Ce4+ atoms.