Materials Data on Er2TiO5 by Materials Project

Abstract

Er2TiO5 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Er3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Er–O bond distances ranging from 2.16–2.51 Å. Ti4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form corner-sharing TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.96–2.08 Å. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Er3+ and one Ti4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Er3+ and one Ti4+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Er3+ and two equivalent Ti4+ atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OEr2Ti2 trigonal pyramids.