Materials Data on CeZr7O16 by Materials Project
CeZr7O16 crystallizes in the tetragonal P-4m2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ce4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are four shorter (2.26 Å) and four longer (2.43 Å) Ce–O bond lengths. There are three inequivalent Zr4+ sites. In the first Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.46 Å. In the second Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.57 Å. In the third Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are four shorter (2.13 Å) and four longer (2.37 Å) Zr–O bond lengths. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Ce4+ and three Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OCeZr3 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Ce4+ and three Zr4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OCeZr3 tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Zr4+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Zr4+ atoms.