Materials Data on Hf3Sc4O12 by Materials Project

Abstract

Hf3Sc4O12 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are twelve inequivalent Sc3+ sites. In the first Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.69 Å. In the second Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.61 Å. In the third Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.23 Å. In the fourth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.67 Å. In the fifth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.65 Å. In the sixth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form ScO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one HfO7 pentagonal bipyramid and an edgeedge with one HfO7 pentagonal bipyramid. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.13 Å. In the seventh Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.24 Å. In the eighth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.63 Å. In the ninth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.64 Å. In the tenth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.64 Å. In the eleventh Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.67 Å. In the twelfth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.55 Å. There are nine inequivalent Hf4+ sites. In the first Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in an octahedral geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.10 Å. In the second Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in an octahedral geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.10 Å. In the third Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.44 Å. In the fourth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.56 Å. In the fifth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.54 Å. In the sixth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.47 Å. In the seventh Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.44 Å. In the eighth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded to seven O2- atoms to form distorted HfO7 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ScO6 octahedra and an edgeedge with one ScO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 48°. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.35 Å. In the ninth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.44 Å. There are thirty-six inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with six OHfSc3 tetrahedra and edges with three OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with five OHfSc3 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OHf2Sc2 trigonal pyramid, edges with two OHfSc3 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one OHf2Sc2 trigonal pyramid. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form distorted OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra that share corners with five OHfSc3 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OHf2Sc2 trigonal pyramid, and edges with three OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form distorted OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra that share corners with five OHfSc3 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OHf2Sc2 trigonal pyramid, edges with two OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one OHf2Sc2 trigonal pyramid. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with five OHfSc3 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OHf2Sc2 trigonal pyramid, and edges with three OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the twenty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the twenty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the twenty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the twenty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the twenty-ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form distorted OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra that share corners with four OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent OHf2Sc2 trigonal pyramids, and edges with four OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the thirtieth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the thirty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the thirty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three Hf4+ atoms. In the thirty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Sc3+ and three Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf3Sc tetrahedra. In the thirty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the thirty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the thirty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Sc3+ and three Hf4+ atoms.