Materials Data on Si3Mo by Materials Project
MoSi3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Mo4+ is bonded to twelve equivalent Si+1.33- atoms to form a mixture of corner and face-sharing MoSi12 cuboctahedra. There are six shorter (2.61 Å) and six longer (2.81 Å) Mo–Si bond lengths. Si+1.33- is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Mo4+ and eight equivalent Si+1.33- atoms. There are a spread of Si–Si bond distances ranging from 2.48–2.89 Å.