Materials Data on YVO3 by Materials Project

Abstract

YVO3 crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Y3+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent VO5 trigonal bipyramids and edges with six equivalent YO6 octahedra. All Y–O bond lengths are 2.29 Å. V3+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form VO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with six equivalent YO6 octahedra and corners with six equivalent VO5 trigonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 62°. All V–O bond lengths are 2.03 Å. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent V3+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to three equivalent Y3+ and one V3+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OY3V tetrahedra.