Materials Data on YMoC2 by Materials Project
YMoC2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Y3+ is bonded to seven C4- atoms to form distorted YC7 pentagonal bipyramids that share corners with four equivalent YC7 pentagonal bipyramids, corners with three equivalent MoC5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four equivalent YC7 pentagonal bipyramids, edges with seven equivalent MoC5 trigonal bipyramids, and faces with two equivalent YC7 pentagonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Y–C bond distances ranging from 2.45–2.62 Å. Mo5+ is bonded to five C4- atoms to form MoC5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with three equivalent YC7 pentagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent MoC5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with seven equivalent YC7 pentagonal bipyramids, and edges with two equivalent MoC5 trigonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Mo–C bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.28 Å. There are two inequivalent C4- sites. In the first C4- site, C4- is bonded to four equivalent Y3+ and two equivalent Mo5+ atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CY4Mo2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 10–60°. In the second C4- site, C4- is bonded to three equivalent Y3+ and three equivalent Mo5+ atoms to form a mixture of corner, edge, and face-sharing CY3Mo3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 10–60°.