Materials Data on CaEu2O3 by Materials Project

Abstract

CaEu2O3 is Caswellsilverite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmc2_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ca2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted CaO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent CaO6 pentagonal pyramids, corners with four equivalent EuO6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent CaO6 pentagonal pyramids, and edges with ten equivalent EuO6 pentagonal pyramids. There are a spread of Ca–O bond distances ranging from 2.45–2.52 Å. Eu2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted EuO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent CaO6 pentagonal pyramids, corners with four equivalent EuO6 pentagonal pyramids, edges with five equivalent CaO6 pentagonal pyramids, and edges with seven equivalent EuO6 pentagonal pyramids. There are a spread of Eu–O bond distances ranging from 2.50–2.55 Å. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Ca2+ and four equivalent Eu2+ atoms to form a mixture of face, edge, and corner-sharing OCa2Eu4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–49°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Ca2+ and four equivalent Eu2+ atoms to form a mixture of face, edge, and corner-sharing OCa2Eu4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–49°.