Materials Data on SmBiO4 by Materials Project

Abstract

SmO2BiO2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is zero-dimensional and consists of two BiO2 clusters and two SmO2 clusters. In each BiO2 cluster, Bi5+ is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to two O2- atoms. There is one shorter (1.40 Å) and one longer (1.45 Å) Bi–O bond length. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Bi5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Bi5+ atom. In each SmO2 cluster, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two O2- atoms. There is one shorter (1.37 Å) and one longer (1.95 Å) Sm–O bond length. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one Sm3+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one Sm3+ atom.