Materials Data on La2Si2O7 by Materials Project
La2Si2O7 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent La3+ sites. In the first La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.39–2.99 Å. In the second La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.44–2.77 Å. In the third La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.44–3.09 Å. In the fourth La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.38–2.73 Å. There are four inequivalent Si4+ sites. In the first Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.61–1.69 Å. In the second Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.63–1.68 Å. In the third Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.67 Å. In the fourth Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.68 Å. There are fourteen inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one La3+ and two Si4+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to three La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two La3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one La3+ and two Si4+ atoms. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two La3+ and one Si4+ atom.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). LBNL Materials Project
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Contributing Organization:
- MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; EDCBEE
- OSTI ID:
- 1277210
- Report Number(s):
- mp-5974
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: https://materialsproject.org/citing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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