Materials Data on Yb2C by Materials Project
Yb2C crystallizes in the trigonal R-3m space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of three Yb2C sheets oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Yb2+ is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent C4- atoms. All Yb–C bond lengths are 2.53 Å. C4- is bonded to six equivalent Yb2+ atoms to form distorted edge-sharing CYb6 octahedra.