Materials Data on V4ZnS8 by Materials Project
V4ZnS8 crystallizes in the trigonal R-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent V+3.50+ sites. In the first V+3.50+ site, V+3.50+ is bonded to six equivalent S2- atoms to form VS6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent ZnS6 octahedra and edges with six equivalent VS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. All V–S bond lengths are 2.42 Å. In the second V+3.50+ site, V+3.50+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form VS6 octahedra that share edges with two equivalent ZnS6 octahedra and edges with six VS6 octahedra. All V–S bond lengths are 2.41 Å. Zn2+ is bonded to six equivalent S2- atoms to form ZnS6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent VS6 octahedra and edges with six equivalent VS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. All Zn–S bond lengths are 2.48 Å. There are two inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to three V+3.50+ and one Zn2+ atom. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three equivalent V+3.50+ atoms.