Materials Data on Ca2CuO3 by Materials Project
Ca2CuO3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Immm space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of two CuO ribbons oriented in the (0, 1, 0) direction and two CaO sheets oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. In each CuO ribbon, Cu2+ is bonded in a linear geometry to two equivalent O2- atoms. Both Cu–O bond lengths are 1.69 Å. O2- is bonded in a linear geometry to two equivalent Cu2+ atoms. In each CaO sheet, Ca2+ is bonded to five equivalent O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing CaO5 square pyramids. There are one shorter (2.35 Å) and four longer (2.37 Å) Ca–O bond lengths. O2- is bonded to five equivalent Ca2+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OCa5 square pyramids.