Materials Data on Y(NiO2)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Y(NiO2)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Y3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Y–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.41 Å. There are two inequivalent Ni+2.50+ sites. In the first Ni+2.50+ site, Ni+2.50+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.86 Å) and two longer (1.88 Å) Ni–O bond length. In the second Ni+2.50+ site, Ni+2.50+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.86 Å) and two longer (1.89 Å) Ni–O bond length. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Y3+ and two Ni+2.50+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OY2Ni2 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Y3+ and two Ni+2.50+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OY2Ni2 tetrahedra.