DOE OSTI2020
MoGe3 is beta Cu3Ti-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mo is bonded to twelve Ge atoms to form MoGe12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent MoGe12 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent MoGe12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen equivalent GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent MoGe12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (2.82 Å) and eight longer (2.91 Å) Mo–Ge bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge is bonded to four equivalent Mo and eight Ge atoms to form GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve equivalent GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra, edges with eight equivalent MoGe12 cuboctahedra, edges with sixteen GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent MoGe12 cuboctahedra, and faces with fourteen GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (2.82 Å) and four longer (2.91 Å) Ge–Ge bond lengths. In the second Ge site, Ge is bonded to four equivalent Mo and eight equivalent Ge atoms to form GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra, corners with eight equivalent MoGe12 cuboctahedra, edges with twenty-four GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent MoGe12 cuboctahedra, and faces with twelve GeGe8Mo4 cuboctahedra.