Materials Data on CaPBrO8 by Materials Project

Abstract

CaPO4BrO4 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of four BrO4 clusters and two CaPO4 sheets oriented in the (1, 0, 0) direction. In each BrO4 cluster, there are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O atom. The O–O bond length is 1.23 Å. In the second O site, O is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one O and one Br atom. The O–Br bond length is 2.49 Å. Br is bonded in a linear geometry to two equivalent O atoms. In each CaPO4 sheet, Ca is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to six O atoms. There are a spread of Ca–O bond distances ranging from 2.32–2.51 Å. P is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four O atoms. All P–O bond lengths are 1.55 Å. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ca and one P atom. In the second O site, O is bonded in a distorted L-shaped geometry to one Ca and one P atom.