Materials Data on BPPbO5 by Materials Project
PbBPO5 crystallizes in the trigonal P3_121 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. B3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form BO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent BO4 tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent PO4 tetrahedra. There is two shorter (1.45 Å) and two longer (1.52 Å) B–O bond length. Pb2+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Pb–O bond distances ranging from 2.56–2.87 Å. P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent BO4 tetrahedra. There is two shorter (1.52 Å) and two longer (1.60 Å) P–O bond length. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to two equivalent Pb2+ and one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two equivalent B3+ and two equivalent Pb2+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one B3+, two equivalent Pb2+, and one P5+ atom.