Materials Data on Nb3S4 by Materials Project
Nb3S4 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Nb+2.67+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing NbS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 44–53°. There are a spread of Nb–S bond distances ranging from 2.48–2.64 Å. There are two inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded to six equivalent Nb+2.67+ atoms to form distorted face-sharing SNb6 pentagonal pyramids. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Nb+2.67+ atoms.