Materials Data on YbTiO3 by Materials Project
YbTiO3 is Ilmenite structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Yb2+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form distorted YbO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with nine equivalent TiO6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent YbO6 pentagonal pyramids, and a faceface with one TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 38–64°. There are three shorter (2.28 Å) and three longer (2.37 Å) Yb–O bond lengths. Ti4+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form distorted TiO6 octahedra that share corners with nine equivalent YbO6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent TiO6 octahedra, and a faceface with one YbO6 pentagonal pyramid. There are three shorter (1.89 Å) and three longer (2.13 Å) Ti–O bond lengths. O2- is bonded in a distorted see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Yb2+ and two equivalent Ti4+ atoms.