Materials Data on Mg30GaBO32 by Materials Project

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.17188/1742351· OSTI ID:1742351

Mg30GaBO32 is Molybdenum Carbide MAX Phase-derived structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eight inequivalent Mg sites. In the first Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent GaO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent BO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 1.99–2.22 Å. In the second Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent BO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.01 Å) and four longer (2.16 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the third Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.15 Å. In the fourth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent GaO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.11 Å) and two longer (2.19 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the fifth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one GaO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one BO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–10°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.18 Å. In the sixth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. There are two shorter (2.12 Å) and four longer (2.14 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the seventh Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one BO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–9°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.16 Å. In the eighth Mg site, Mg is bonded to six O atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one GaO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–6°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.15 Å. Ga is bonded to six O atoms to form GaO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.04 Å) and two longer (2.08 Å) Ga–O bond lengths. B is bonded to six O atoms to form distorted BO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.25 Å) and four longer (2.27 Å) B–O bond lengths. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one B atom to form distorted OMg5B square pyramids that share corners with four equivalent OMg6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent OMg5B square pyramids, edges with eight OMg6 octahedra, and edges with four OMg5B square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 4°. In the second O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with four OMg6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent OMg5B square pyramids, edges with ten OMg6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent OMg5B square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the third O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Ga atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg5Ga octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the fourth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent OMg6 octahedra, edges with nine OMg6 octahedra, and edges with three OMg5B square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–3°. In the fifth O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one B atom to form distorted OMg5B square pyramids that share corners with four OMg5Ga octahedra, corners with two equivalent OMg5B square pyramids, edges with eight OMg6 octahedra, and edges with four OMg5B square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 6–8°. In the sixth O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one Ga atom to form OMg5Ga octahedra that share corners with four OMg5Ga octahedra, corners with two equivalent OMg5B square pyramids, edges with ten OMg6 octahedra, and edges with two OMg5B square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. In the seventh O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with four OMg6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent OMg5B square pyramids, edges with ten OMg6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent OMg5B square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the eighth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Ga octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. In the ninth O site, O is bonded to six Mg atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Ga octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. There are two shorter (2.12 Å) and two longer (2.14 Å) O–Mg bond lengths. In the tenth O site, O is bonded to five Mg and one B atom to form distorted OMg5B square pyramids that share corners with four OMg5Ga octahedra, corners with two equivalent OMg5B square pyramids, edges with eight OMg6 octahedra, and edges with four OMg5B square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 6–8°. There are a spread of O–Mg bond distances ranging from 1.99–2.12 Å.

• 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: 1742351
• Report Number(s): mp-1038428
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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