Materials Data on CaEu2O3 by Materials Project

Abstract

CaEu2O3 is Caswellsilverite-like structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ca2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form CaO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent CaO6 octahedra, corners with four EuO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CaO6 octahedra, and edges with ten EuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. There are a spread of Ca–O bond distances ranging from 2.45–2.52 Å. There are two inequivalent Eu2+ sites. In the first Eu2+ site, Eu2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form EuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent CaO6 octahedra, corners with four EuO6 octahedra, edges with five equivalent CaO6 octahedra, and edges with seven EuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. There are a spread of Eu–O bond distances ranging from 2.50–2.57 Å. In the second Eu2+ site, Eu2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form EuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent CaO6 octahedra, corners with four EuO6 octahedra, edges with five equivalent CaO6 octahedra, and edges with seven EuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. There are four shorter (2.51 Å) and two longer (2.55 Å) Eu–O bond lengths. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Ca2+ and four Eu2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OCa2Eu4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–2°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Ca2+ and four Eu2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OCa2Eu4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°.