Materials Data on Ca2LaMn2O7 by Materials Project

Abstract

La1.0Ca2.0Mn2O7 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ca2+ is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to nine O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ca–O bond distances ranging from 2.25–2.76 Å. La3+ is bonded to twelve O2- atoms to form LaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent LaO12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent LaO12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight equivalent MnO6 octahedra. There are eight shorter (2.69 Å) and four longer (2.74 Å) La–O bond lengths. Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with five equivalent MnO6 octahedra and faces with four equivalent LaO12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.90–1.99 Å. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to four equivalent La3+ and two equivalent Mn+3.50+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Ca2+ and one Mn+3.50+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Ca2+, two equivalent La3+, and two equivalent Mn+3.50+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner, edge, and face-sharing OCa2La2Mn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–61°.