Cu(2)ZnSiS(4).

ABSTRACT: Single crystals of Cu(2)ZnSiS(4), dicopper(I) zinc silicon tetrasulfide, have been prepared via high-temperature solid-state synthesis. Cu(2)ZnSiS(4) was found to have the wurtz-stannite structure type, like that of Li(2)CdGeS(4), Li(2)CdSnS(4), and Cu(2)CdSiS(4). Each sulfur anion is tetra-hedrally coordinated by two Cu cations, one Si cation, and one Zn cation, forming a three-dimensional honeycomb structure. When viewed along the c axis, the atoms are aligned in rows in which each cation alternates with the sulfur anions.

SUBMITTER: Rosmus KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3099923 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature