DOE OSTI2020
Ni(Pt3O4)4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are five inequivalent Pt+2.50+ sites. In the first Pt+2.50+ site, Pt+2.50+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent O2- atoms. All Pt–O bond lengths are 2.03 Å. In the second Pt+2.50+ site, Pt+2.50+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent O2- atoms. All Pt–O bond lengths are 2.02 Å. In the third Pt+2.50+ site, Pt+2.50+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There are two shorter (2.00 Å) and two longer (2.04 Å) Pt–O bond lengths. In the fourth Pt+2.50+ site, Pt+2.50+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent O2- atoms. All Pt–O bond lengths are 2.03 Å. In the fifth Pt+2.50+ site, Pt+2.50+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four equivalent O2- atoms. All Pt–O bond lengths are 2.00 Å. Ni2+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent O2- atoms. All Ni–O bond lengths are 2.27 Å. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Pt+2.50+ and one Ni2+ atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing ONiPt3 trigonal pyramids. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three Pt+2.50+ atoms.