Materials Data on NiF2 by Materials Project
NiF2 is Rutile structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4_2/mnm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ni2+ is bonded to six equivalent F1- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing NiF6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. There are two shorter (2.02 Å) and four longer (2.03 Å) Ni–F bond lengths. F1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Ni2+ atoms.