Materials Data on Ti8O15 by Materials Project

Abstract

Ti8O15 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eight inequivalent Ti+3.75+ sites. In the first Ti+3.75+ site, Ti+3.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 44–54°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.86–2.19 Å. In the second Ti+3.75+ site, Ti+3.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge, face, and corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 44–54°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.84–2.19 Å. In the third Ti+3.75+ site, Ti+3.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 45–55°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.11 Å. In the fourth Ti+3.75+ site, Ti+3.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 45–53°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.96–2.07 Å. In the fifth Ti+3.75+ site, Ti+3.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 44–61°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.87–2.16 Å. In the sixth Ti+3.75+ site, Ti+3.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 48–52°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.95–2.05 Å. In the seventh Ti+3.75+ site, Ti+3.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 41–61°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.90–2.13 Å. In the eighth Ti+3.75+ site, Ti+3.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 41–54°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.88–2.11 Å. There are fifteen inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Ti+3.75+ atoms to form distorted edge-sharing OTi4 trigonal pyramids. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Ti+3.75+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OTi4 trigonal pyramids. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Ti+3.75+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OTi4 trigonal pyramids. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Ti+3.75+ atoms.