Materials Data on Mg2TaVO6 by Materials Project

Abstract

Mg2TaVO6 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.70 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.71 Å. Ta5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form TaO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent TaO6 octahedra and corners with four equivalent VO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 42–44°. There are four shorter (1.98 Å) and two longer (2.04 Å) Ta–O bond lengths. V3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent VO6 octahedra and corners with four equivalent TaO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 40–43°. There are a spread of V–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.07 Å. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Mg2+, one Ta5+, and one V3+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Mg2+, one Ta5+, and one V3+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Mg2+ and two equivalent Ta5+ atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OMg2Ta2 trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Mg2+ and two equivalent V3+ atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OMg2V2 trigonal pyramids.