Materials Data on Zn(FeO2)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

ZnFe2O4 is Spinel structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Fe3+ sites. In the first Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent ZnO4 tetrahedra and edges with six FeO6 octahedra. There are two shorter (2.03 Å) and four longer (2.05 Å) Fe–O bond lengths. In the second Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent ZnO4 tetrahedra and edges with six FeO6 octahedra. There are four shorter (1.99 Å) and two longer (2.01 Å) Fe–O bond lengths. In the third Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent ZnO4 tetrahedra and edges with six FeO6 octahedra. There are two shorter (2.02 Å) and four longer (2.05 Å) Fe–O bond lengths. Zn2+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form ZnO4 tetrahedra that share corners with twelve FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 57–59°. There is one shorter (1.97 Å) and three longer (2.01 Å) Zn–O bond length. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Fe3+ and one Zn2+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OZnFe3 trigonal pyramids. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Fe3+ and one Zn2+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OZnFe3 trigonal pyramids. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Fe3+ and one Zn2+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OZnFe3 trigonal pyramids.