Materials Data on Y11Ge10 by Materials Project
Y11Ge10 is delta Molybdenum Boride-like structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent Y sites. In the first Y site, Y is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Ge atoms. There are four shorter (3.22 Å) and four longer (3.27 Å) Y–Ge bond lengths. In the second Y site, Y is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven Ge atoms. There are a spread of Y–Ge bond distances ranging from 2.80–3.47 Å. In the third Y site, Y is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven Ge atoms. There are a spread of Y–Ge bond distances ranging from 2.93–3.10 Å. In the fourth Y site, Y is bonded to seven Ge atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing YGe7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Y–Ge bond distances ranging from 2.89–3.35 Å. There are five inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to eight Y and one Ge atom. The Ge–Ge bond length is 2.58 Å. In the second Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to eight Y atoms. In the third Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to seven Y and two equivalent Ge atoms. Both Ge–Ge bond lengths are 2.62 Å. In the fourth Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Y atoms. In the fifth Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to eight Y atoms.