Dependence of the lone pair of bismuth on coordination environment and pressure: An ab initio study on Cu{sub 4}Bi{sub 5}S{sub 10} and Bi{sub 2}S{sub 3}
- Departamento Fisica de la Materia Condensada, Universidad del Pais Vasco, 48080 Bilbao (Spain)
- Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Spain)
- Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, 1350 Copenhagen (Denmark)
DFT calculations have been carried out for Cu{sub 4}Bi{sub 5}S{sub 10} and Bi{sub 2}S{sub 3} to provide an analysis of the relation between electronic structure, lone electron pairs and the local geometry. The effect of pressure is considered in Bi{sub 2}S{sub 3} and the results are compared to published experimental data. Bi{sup 3+} in Cu{sub 4}Bi{sub 5}S{sub 10} is found at both symmetrically and asymmetrically coordinated sites, whereas the coordination environments of Bi in Bi{sub 2}S{sub 3} are asymmetric at room conditions and get more regular with increasing pressure. The charge density maps of the asymmetric sites show the lone pairs as lobes of non-shared charge. These lobes are related to an effective Bi s-Bi p hybridization resulting from coupling to S p orbitals, supporting the modern view of the origin of the stereochemically active lone pair. No effective Bi s-p hybridization is seen for the symmetric site in Cu{sub 4}Bi{sub 5}S{sub 10}, whereas Bi s-p hybridization coexists with a much reduced lone pair in Bi{sub 2}S{sub 3} at high pressure. - Graphical abstract: The article includes charge density maps used to analyze the charge distribution around bismuth in sulfides. This map shows the orientation of a lone electron pair.
- OSTI ID:
- 21483673
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 183, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2010.07.022; PII: S0022-4596(10)00304-X; Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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