Materials Data on Ba2YBr7 by Materials Project
Ba2YBr7 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ba2+ sites. In the first Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Br1- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–Br bond distances ranging from 3.30–3.56 Å. In the second Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Br1- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–Br bond distances ranging from 3.30–3.58 Å. Y3+ is bonded in a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal geometry to seven Br1- atoms. There are a spread of Y–Br bond distances ranging from 2.85–2.99 Å. There are seven inequivalent Br1- sites. In the first Br1- site, Br1- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Ba2+ and one Y3+ atom. In the second Br1- site, Br1- is bonded to three Ba2+ and one Y3+ atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing BrBa3Y tetrahedra. In the third Br1- site, Br1- is bonded to three Ba2+ and one Y3+ atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing BrBa3Y tetrahedra. In the fourth Br1- site, Br1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two Ba2+ and one Y3+ atom. In the fifth Br1- site, Br1- is bonded to three Ba2+ and one Y3+ atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing BrBa3Y tetrahedra. In the sixth Br1- site, Br1- is bonded to three Ba2+ and one Y3+ atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing BrBa3Y tetrahedra. In the seventh Br1- site, Br1- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Ba2+ and one Y3+ atom.