Materials Data on CeP5 by Materials Project

CeP5 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ce3+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten P+0.60- atoms. There are a spread of Ce–P bond distances ranging from 2.86–3.25 Å. There are three inequivalent P+0.60- sites. In the first P+0.60- site, P+0.60- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Ce3+ and two P+0.60- atoms. Both P–P bond lengths are 2.22 Å. In the second P+0.60- site, P+0.60- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Ce3+ and two equivalent P+0.60- atoms. Both P–P bond lengths are 2.22 Å. In the third P+0.60- site, P+0.60- is bonded to one Ce3+ and three P+0.60- atoms to form distorted edge-sharing PCeP3 tetrahedra. The P–P bond length is 2.24 Å.