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Title: Synthesis and crystal structure of Bi{sub 6.4}Pb{sub 0.6}P{sub 2}O{sub 15.2}

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
 [1];  [2]
  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C0400, Austin, TX 78712 (United States)
  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 (United States)

Bi{sub 6.4}Pb{sub 0.6}P{sub 2}O{sub 15.2} is a polymorph of structures with the general stoichiometry Bi{sub 6+x}M{sub 1-x}P{sub 2}O{sub 15+y}. However, unlike previously published structures that consist of layers formed by edge sharing OBi{sub 4} tetrahedra bridged by PO{sub 4} and TO{sub 6} (T=transition metal) tetrahedra and octahedra the title compound's structure is more complex. It is monoclinic, C2, a=19.4698(4) A, b=11.3692(3) A, c=16.3809(5) A, {beta}=101.167(1){sup o}, Z=10. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data were refined by least squares on F{sup 2} converging to R{sub 1}=0.0387, wR{sub 2}=0.0836 for 7023 intensities. The crystal twins by mirror reflection across (001) as the twin plane and twin component 1 equals 0.74(1). Oxygen ions are in tetrahedral coordination to four metal ions and the O(BiPb){sub 4} units share corners to form layers that are part of the three-dimensional framework. Eight oxygen ions form a cube around the two crystallographically independent Pb ions. Pb-O bond lengths vary from 2.265(14) to 2.869(14) A. Pairs of such cubes share an edge to form a Pb{sub 3}O{sub 20} unit. The two oxygen ions from the unshared edges are part of irregular Bi polyhedra. Other oxygen ions of Bi polyhedra are part only of O(BiPb){sub 4} units, and some oxygen ions of the polyhedra are also part of PO{sub 4} tetrahedra. One, two, three and or four PO{sub 4} moieties are connected to the Bi polyhedra. Bi-O bond lengths {<=}3.1 A vary from 2.090(12) to 3.07(3) A. The articulations of Pb cubes, Bi polyhedra and PO{sub 4} tetrahedra link into the three-dimensional structure. - Graphical abstract: View of the structure of Bi{sub 6.4}Pb{sub 0.6}P{sub 2}O{sub 15.2} parallel to the b-axis.

OSTI ID:
21049499
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 180, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2007.07.021; PII: S0022-4596(07)00282-4; Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English