Materials Data on BaY3F11 by Materials Project
BaY3F11 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Ba2+ is bonded in a 11-coordinate geometry to eleven F1- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–F bond distances ranging from 2.63–3.24 Å. There are three inequivalent Y3+ sites. In the first Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight F1- atoms. There are a spread of Y–F bond distances ranging from 2.24–2.75 Å. In the second Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight F1- atoms. There are a spread of Y–F bond distances ranging from 2.25–2.39 Å. In the third Y3+ site, Y3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight F1- atoms. There are a spread of Y–F bond distances ranging from 2.25–2.48 Å. There are eleven inequivalent F1- sites. In the first F1- site, F1- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Ba2+ and two Y3+ atoms. In the second F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+ and two Y3+ atoms. In the third F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+ and two Y3+ atoms. In the fourth F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Y3+ atoms. In the fifth F1- site, F1- is bonded to two equivalent Ba2+ and two Y3+ atoms to form distorted edge-sharing FBa2Y2 tetrahedra. In the sixth F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+ and two Y3+ atoms. In the seventh F1- site, F1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Ba2+ and two Y3+ atoms. In the eighth F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+ and two Y3+ atoms. In the ninth F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+ and three Y3+ atoms. In the tenth F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+ and two Y3+ atoms. In the eleventh F1- site, F1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+ and two Y3+ atoms.