Materials Data on V7S8 by Materials Project
V7S8 crystallizes in the trigonal P3_121 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are five inequivalent V+2.29+ sites. In the first V+2.29+ site, V+2.29+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing VS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 45–47°. There are a spread of V–S bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.43 Å. In the second V+2.29+ site, V+2.29+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing VS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 45–47°. There are a spread of V–S bond distances ranging from 2.36–2.41 Å. In the third V+2.29+ site, V+2.29+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing VS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 45–47°. There are a spread of V–S bond distances ranging from 2.37–2.41 Å. In the fourth V+2.29+ site, V+2.29+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing VS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 45–47°. There are four shorter (2.37 Å) and two longer (2.38 Å) V–S bond lengths. In the fifth V+2.29+ site, V+2.29+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form a mixture of edge, face, and corner-sharing VS6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–47°. There are a spread of V–S bond distances ranging from 2.36–2.41 Å. There are four inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded to six V+2.29+ atoms to form distorted SV6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent SV6 pentagonal pyramids, corners with three equivalent SV5 trigonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one SV6 pentagonal pyramid, and edges with three equivalent SV5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded to five V+2.29+ atoms to form distorted SV5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with three equivalent SV6 pentagonal pyramids, a cornercorner with one SV5 trigonal bipyramid, edges with three equivalent SV6 pentagonal pyramids, and an edgeedge with one SV5 trigonal bipyramid. In the third S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five V+2.29+ atoms. In the fourth S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five V+2.29+ atoms.