Materials Data on Eu2Mn2O5 by Materials Project

Abstract

Eu2Mn2O5 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Eu3+ sites. In the first Eu3+ site, Eu3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight equivalent O2- atoms. All Eu–O bond lengths are 2.53 Å. In the second Eu3+ site, Eu3+ is bonded to twelve O2- atoms to form EuO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent EuO12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent EuO12 cuboctahedra, and faces with eight equivalent MnO5 square pyramids. There are four shorter (2.80 Å) and eight longer (3.01 Å) Eu–O bond lengths. Mn2+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form MnO5 square pyramids that share corners with five equivalent MnO5 square pyramids and faces with four equivalent EuO12 cuboctahedra. There are four shorter (2.00 Å) and one longer (2.01 Å) Mn–O bond lengths. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Eu3+ and two equivalent Mn2+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Eu3+ and two equivalent Mn2+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OEu4Mn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°.