Materials Data on Zn3(Ni10B3)2 by Materials Project
Zn3(Ni10B3)2 crystallizes in the cubic Fm-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Zn and two equivalent B atoms. The Ni–Zn bond length is 2.51 Å. Both Ni–B bond lengths are 2.09 Å. In the second Ni site, Ni is bonded to one Zn and three equivalent B atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing NiZnB3 tetrahedra. The Ni–Zn bond length is 2.42 Å. All Ni–B bond lengths are 2.07 Å. There are two inequivalent Zn sites. In the first Zn site, Zn is bonded in a distorted tetrahedral geometry to four equivalent Ni atoms. In the second Zn site, Zn is bonded in a cuboctahedral geometry to twelve equivalent Ni atoms. B is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Ni atoms.