Materials Data on WO5 by Materials Project

Abstract

WO5 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of two WO5 ribbons oriented in the (0, 1, 0) direction. W is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O atoms. There are a spread of W–O bond distances ranging from 1.74–2.11 Å. There are five inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one W and one O atom. The O–O bond length is 1.35 Å. In the second O site, O is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one W and one O atom. In the third O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one W atom. In the fourth O site, O is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent W atoms. In the fifth O site, O is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one W atom.