Materials Data on Sb2Pb2O7 by Materials Project
Pb2Sb2O7 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Ima2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Pb2+ sites. In the first Pb2+ site, Pb2+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Pb–O bond distances ranging from 2.45–2.73 Å. In the second Pb2+ site, Pb2+ is bonded to eight O2- atoms to form distorted PbO8 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent PbO8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with two equivalent SbO6 octahedra, and edges with six SbO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 52°. There are a spread of Pb–O bond distances ranging from 2.47–2.93 Å. There are two inequivalent Sb5+ sites. In the first Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with six SbO6 octahedra and edges with four equivalent PbO8 hexagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 41–43°. There are a spread of Sb–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.04 Å. In the second Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent PbO8 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with four equivalent SbO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent PbO8 hexagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 41°. There are a spread of Sb–O bond distances ranging from 1.96–2.08 Å. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two Pb2+ and two Sb5+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three Pb2+ and one Sb5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Pb2+ and two Sb5+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two equivalent Pb2+ and two equivalent Sb5+ atoms.