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Materials Data on Ca3SiBr2 by Materials Project

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.17188/1274676· OSTI ID:1274676
Ca3SiBr2 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one Ca3SiBr2 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. there are three inequivalent Ca2+ sites. In the first Ca2+ site, Ca2+ is bonded to six Br1- atoms to form CaBr6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent CaSi3Br tetrahedra and edges with six equivalent CaBr6 octahedra. There are a spread of Ca–Br bond distances ranging from 2.98–3.03 Å. In the second Ca2+ site, Ca2+ is bonded to three equivalent Si4- and one Br1- atom to form CaSi3Br tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent CaBr6 octahedra and corners with six equivalent CaSi3Br tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 56–72°. All Ca–Si bond lengths are 2.93 Å. The Ca–Br bond length is 3.47 Å. In the third Ca2+ site, Ca2+ is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Si4- atoms. There are two shorter (2.91 Å) and one longer (2.92 Å) Ca–Si bond lengths. Si4- is bonded to six Ca2+ atoms to form distorted SiCa6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent BrCa4 tetrahedra and edges with six equivalent SiCa6 octahedra. There are two inequivalent Br1- sites. In the first Br1- site, Br1- is bonded to four Ca2+ atoms to form distorted BrCa4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent SiCa6 octahedra and corners with six equivalent BrCa4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 59–76°. In the second Br1- site, Br1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three equivalent Ca2+ atoms.
Research Organization:
LBNL Materials Project; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Contributing Organization:
The Materials Project; MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1274676
Report Number(s):
mp-568752
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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