Materials Data on HfP3 by Materials Project
HfP3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Hf4+ is bonded to twelve equivalent P+1.33- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and face-sharing HfP12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (2.80 Å) and six longer (2.82 Å) Hf–P bond lengths. P+1.33- is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to four equivalent Hf4+ and two equivalent P+1.33- atoms. Both P–P bond lengths are 2.38 Å.