DOE OSTI2020
Dy(Bi3O5)4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic I222 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Dy3+ is bonded to four equivalent O2- atoms to form DyO4 tetrahedra that share corners with twelve BiO5 square pyramids. All Dy–O bond lengths are 2.20 Å. There are three inequivalent Bi+3.08+ sites. In the first Bi+3.08+ site, Bi+3.08+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form distorted BiO5 square pyramids that share corners with eight BiO5 square pyramids, a cornercorner with one DyO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one BiO5 square pyramid. There are a spread of Bi–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.54 Å. In the second Bi+3.08+ site, Bi+3.08+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form distorted BiO5 square pyramids that share corners with eight BiO5 square pyramids, a cornercorner with one DyO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one BiO5 square pyramid. There are a spread of Bi–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.55 Å. In the third Bi+3.08+ site, Bi+3.08+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form distorted BiO5 square pyramids that share corners with eight BiO5 square pyramids, a cornercorner with one DyO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one BiO5 square pyramid. There are a spread of Bi–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.54 Å. There are five inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three Bi+3.08+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three Bi+3.08+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three Bi+3.08+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to three Bi+3.08+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Dy3+ and three Bi+3.08+ atoms to form corner-sharing ODyBi3 tetrahedra.