Materials Data on Sm2Zr8O19 by Materials Project

Abstract

Sm2Zr8O19 is alpha bismuth trifluoride-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Sm3+ sites. In the first Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.20–2.32 Å. In the second Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing SmO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 59°. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.50 Å. There are eight inequivalent Zr4+ sites. In the first Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.37 Å. In the second Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.15–2.37 Å. In the third Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.14–2.32 Å. In the fourth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.19–2.31 Å. In the fifth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.18–2.27 Å. In the sixth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.16–2.27 Å. In the seventh Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.18–2.29 Å. In the eighth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.29 Å. There are nineteen inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Sm3+ and two equivalent Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OSm2Zr2 tetrahedra. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Sm3+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OSm4 tetrahedra. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Sm3+ and two equivalent Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OSm2Zr2 tetrahedra. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Sm3+ and two equivalent Zr4+ atoms to form distorted OSm2Zr2 tetrahedra that share corners with fourteen OSm4 tetrahedra and edges with five OSm2Zr2 tetrahedra. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Sm3+ and two equivalent Zr4+ atoms to form OSm2Zr2 tetrahedra that share corners with fourteen OSm4 tetrahedra and edges with five OZr4 tetrahedra.