Materials Data on AlCuO3 by Materials Project
CuAlO3 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Cu3+ sites. In the first Cu3+ site, Cu3+ is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.85 Å) and two longer (1.88 Å) Cu–O bond length. In the second Cu3+ site, Cu3+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.85 Å) and two longer (1.92 Å) Cu–O bond length. Al3+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form corner-sharing AlO5 trigonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.85–1.92 Å. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to two Cu3+ and one Al3+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Cu3+ and two equivalent Al3+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Cu3+ and two equivalent Al3+ atoms.