Materials Data on YbEu3O6 by Materials Project

Abstract

YbEu3O6 is Spinel-like structured and crystallizes in the cubic Ia-3 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb3+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form YbO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent EuO6 octahedra and edges with six equivalent EuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 56°. All Yb–O bond lengths are 2.36 Å. Eu3+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form distorted EuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent YbO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent EuO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent YbO6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent EuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–56°. There are a spread of Eu–O bond distances ranging from 2.28–2.39 Å. O2- is bonded to one Yb3+ and three equivalent Eu3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OYbEu3 trigonal pyramids.