Materials Data on Gd3Y13O24 by Materials Project

Abstract

Gd3Y13O24 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Gd3+ sites. In the first Gd3+ site, Gd3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted GdO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one GdO6 octahedra, corners with five YO6 octahedra, and edges with six YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 55–56°. There are a spread of Gd–O bond distances ranging from 2.29–2.38 Å. In the second Gd3+ site, Gd3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted GdO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent GdO6 octahedra, corners with four YO6 octahedra, and edges with six YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 55–56°. There are a spread of Gd–O bond distances ranging from 2.29–2.38 Å. There are eight inequivalent Y3+ sites. In the first Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form YO6 octahedra that share corners with two GdO6 octahedra, corners with four YO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one GdO6 octahedra, and edges with five YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 55–56°. There are one shorter (2.30 Å) and five longer (2.31 Å) Y–O bond lengths. In the second Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form YO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one GdO6 octahedra, corners with five YO6 octahedra, edges with two GdO6 octahedra, and edges with four YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 55–56°. There are a spread of Y–O bond distances ranging from 2.30–2.32 Å. In the third Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent GdO6 octahedra, corners with four YO6 octahedra, and edges with six YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–56°. There are four shorter (2.28 Å) and two longer (2.36 Å) Y–O bond lengths. In the fourth Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with three GdO6 octahedra, corners with three YO6 octahedra, and edges with six YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–55°. There are a spread of Y–O bond distances ranging from 2.27–2.36 Å. In the fifth Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with six YO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one GdO6 octahedra, and edges with five YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–56°. There are a spread of Y–O bond distances ranging from 2.27–2.36 Å. In the sixth Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with six YO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent GdO6 octahedra, and edges with four YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–56°. There are a spread of Y–O bond distances ranging from 2.27–2.35 Å. In the seventh Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with six YO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent GdO6 octahedra, and edges with four YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–56°. There are a spread of Y–O bond distances ranging from 2.27–2.35 Å. In the eighth Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted YO6 octahedra that share corners with six YO6 octahedra, edges with three GdO6 octahedra, and edges with three YO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–56°. There are a spread of Y–O bond distances ranging from 2.27–2.36 Å. There are twelve inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Y3+ atoms to form distorted OY4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with twelve OY4 trigonal pyramids and edges with four OGdY3 trigonal pyramids. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Gd3+ and three Y3+ atoms to form distorted OGdY3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with twelve OY4 trigonal pyramids and edges with four OGd2Y2 trigonal pyramids. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Y3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OY4 trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Y3+ atoms to form distorted OY4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with twelve OY4 trigonal pyramids and edges with four OGdY3 trigonal pyramids. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Gd3+ and three Y3+ atoms to form distorted OGdY3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with twelve OY4 trigonal pyramids and edges with four OGdY3 trigonal pyramids. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Gd3+ and three Y3+ atoms to form distorted OGdY3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with twelve OY4 trigonal pyramids and edges with four OGdY3 trigonal pyramids. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Gd3+ and three Y3+ atoms to form distorted OGdY3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with twelve OY4 trigonal pyramids and edges with four OGdY3 trigonal pyramids. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Gd3+ and three Y3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OGdY3 trigonal pyramids. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Gd3+ and three Y3+ atoms to form distorted OGdY3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with twelve OGdY3 trigonal pyramids and edges with four OY4 trigonal pyramids. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Gd3+ and two Y3+ atoms to form distorted OGd2Y2 trigonal pyramids that share corners with twelve OY4 trigonal pyramids and edges with four OGdY3 trigonal pyramids. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Y3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OY4 trigonal pyramids. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Gd3+ and three Y3+ atoms to form distorted OGdY3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with twelve OGdY3 trigonal pyramids and edges with four OY4 trigonal pyramids.