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α-Zn 3 P 2 and Cd 3 P 2 are isomorphous (space group \( P4_2 /nmc - D_{4h} ^{15} \) ). The crystal structure can be regarded as a Na2O lattice (or anti-CaF2 lattice) in which one quarter of the metal sites are vacant. These vacancies lead to a distortion from the ideal cubic symmetry and to a bigger unit cell. The structure consists of alternate layers of Zn/Cd and P atoms, stacked perpendicular to the [001] direction and separated by a distance of about one-eighth of the c-value.
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Madelung, O. (2004). IIx-Vy compounds. In: Semiconductors: Data Handbook. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18865-7_19
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