Materials Data on Ba2La2Mn4O11 by Materials Project
Ba2La2Mn4O11 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ba2+ is bonded to twelve O2- atoms to form distorted BaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with four equivalent BaO12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent BaO12 cuboctahedra, faces with four equivalent MnO6 octahedra, and faces with four equivalent MnO5 trigonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.85–3.23 Å. La3+ is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.59–2.74 Å. There are two inequivalent Mn3+ sites. In the first Mn3+ site, Mn3+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form MnO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with three equivalent MnO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MnO5 trigonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent BaO12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–15°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.09 Å. In the second Mn3+ site, Mn3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent MnO6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent MnO5 trigonal bipyramids, and faces with four equivalent BaO12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–8°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.23 Å. There are five inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent La3+, and two equivalent Mn3+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent La3+, and two Mn3+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent La3+, and two equivalent Mn3+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to four equivalent La3+ and two equivalent Mn3+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Ba2+ and two Mn3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OBa4Mn2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°.