Materials Data on Nb2Pd by Materials Project
Nb2Pd crystallizes in the orthorhombic Fmmm space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of two Nb2Pd sheets oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Nb is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Pd atoms. There are two shorter (2.81 Å) and two longer (3.03 Å) Nb–Pd bond lengths. Pd is bonded to eight equivalent Nb and four equivalent Pd atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and face-sharing PdNb8Pd4 cuboctahedra. All Pd–Pd bond lengths are 2.82 Å.
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