Materials Data on BiClO by Materials Project
BiOCl is Matlockite structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nmm space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one BiOCl sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Bi3+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent O2- and four equivalent Cl1- atoms. All Bi–O bond lengths are 2.34 Å. All Bi–Cl bond lengths are 3.09 Å. O2- is bonded to four equivalent Bi3+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OBi4 tetrahedra. Cl1- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Bi3+ atoms.
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