V2Se: a novel antifluorite-type cubic phase with a metal-metal bonding

Dalton Trans. 2019 Jun 28;48(24):8556-8559. doi: 10.1039/c9dt01569h. Epub 2019 May 29.

Abstract

A new antifluorite-type (Li2O-type) cubic compound, V2Se, has been synthesized for the first time by changing the amount of selenium in chemical vapor transport. The vanadium-based cubic phase studied here reveals a metal-metal bonding feature in the electronic band structure. This compound is the first example of an antifluorite-type cubic structure in a V-Se system.