DOE OSTI2020
Y5Pd2Sb crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mcm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Y sites. In the first Y site, Y is bonded to four equivalent Pd and two equivalent Sb atoms to form distorted YSb2Pd4 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent YSb2Pd4 octahedra, corners with sixteen equivalent YSb2Pd3 trigonal bipyramids, and faces with eight equivalent YSb2Pd3 trigonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–49°. All Y–Pd bond lengths are 3.02 Å. Both Y–Sb bond lengths are 3.45 Å. In the second Y site, Y is bonded to three equivalent Pd and two equivalent Sb atoms to form distorted YSb2Pd3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent YSb2Pd4 octahedra, corners with twelve equivalent YSb2Pd3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with seven equivalent YSb2Pd3 trigonal bipyramids, faces with two equivalent YSb2Pd4 octahedra, and a faceface with one YSb2Pd3 trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 44–63°. There are two shorter (3.01 Å) and one longer (3.02 Å) Y–Pd bond lengths. Both Y–Sb bond lengths are 3.29 Å. Pd is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Y atoms. Sb is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten Y atoms.