Materials Data on Fe3O4 by Materials Project

Abstract

Fe3O4 is Spinel-derived structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Fe+2.67+ sites. In the first Fe+2.67+ site, Fe+2.67+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent FeO4 tetrahedra and edges with six FeO6 octahedra. There are two shorter (2.08 Å) and four longer (2.11 Å) Fe–O bond lengths. In the second Fe+2.67+ site, Fe+2.67+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent FeO4 tetrahedra and edges with six equivalent FeO6 octahedra. All Fe–O bond lengths are 2.06 Å. In the third Fe+2.67+ site, Fe+2.67+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing FeO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–57°. All Fe–O bond lengths are 1.92 Å. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Fe+2.67+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Fe+2.67+ atoms.