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Title: Materials Data on Ge3N4 by Materials Project

Abstract

Ge3N4 is Hausmannite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Ge4+ sites. In the first Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to four N3- atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing GeN4 trigonal pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 64–68°. There are a spread of Ge–N bond distances ranging from 1.82–1.91 Å. In the second Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six N3- atoms to form distorted GeN6 octahedra that share corners with eight GeN6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent GeN4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent GeN6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one GeN4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–55°. There are a spread of Ge–N bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.30 Å. In the third Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six N3- atoms to form GeN6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent GeN6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent GeN4 trigonal pyramids, edges with four GeN6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent GeN4 trigonal pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–55°. There are two shorter (1.97 Å) and four longer (2.07 Å) Ge–N bond lengths. There are threemore » inequivalent N3- sites. In the first N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Ge4+ atoms to form corner-sharing NGe4 tetrahedra. In the second N3- site, N3- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Ge4+ atoms. In the third N3- site, N3- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Ge4+ atoms.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
mp-641541
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; EDCBEE
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). LBNL Materials Project
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Collaborations:
MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Keywords:
crystal structure; Ge3N4; Ge-N
OSTI Identifier:
1280039
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17188/1280039

Citation Formats

The Materials Project. Materials Data on Ge3N4 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1280039.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on Ge3N4 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1280039
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on Ge3N4 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1280039. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1280039. Pub date:Sat May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020
@article{osti_1280039,
title = {Materials Data on Ge3N4 by Materials Project},
author = {The Materials Project},
abstractNote = {Ge3N4 is Hausmannite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Ge4+ sites. In the first Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to four N3- atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing GeN4 trigonal pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 64–68°. There are a spread of Ge–N bond distances ranging from 1.82–1.91 Å. In the second Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six N3- atoms to form distorted GeN6 octahedra that share corners with eight GeN6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent GeN4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent GeN6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one GeN4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–55°. There are a spread of Ge–N bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.30 Å. In the third Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six N3- atoms to form GeN6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent GeN6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent GeN4 trigonal pyramids, edges with four GeN6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent GeN4 trigonal pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–55°. There are two shorter (1.97 Å) and four longer (2.07 Å) Ge–N bond lengths. There are three inequivalent N3- sites. In the first N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Ge4+ atoms to form corner-sharing NGe4 tetrahedra. In the second N3- site, N3- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Ge4+ atoms. In the third N3- site, N3- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four Ge4+ atoms.},
doi = {10.17188/1280039},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Sat May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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