Materials Data on PNO3 by Materials Project
PO3N crystallizes in the orthorhombic P2_12_12_1 space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of two PO3N ribbons oriented in the (1, 0, 0) direction. P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing PO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.45–1.64 Å. N1+ is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one O2- atom. The N–O bond length is 1.34 Å. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one P5+ and one N1+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent P5+ atoms.