Materials Data on La3Zr2Cu7O12 by Materials Project
La3Zr2Cu7O12 crystallizes in the tetragonal I4_1/acd space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent La3+ sites. In the first La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are four shorter (2.59 Å) and four longer (2.63 Å) La–O bond lengths. In the second La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.48–2.68 Å. Zr4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form ZrO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent CuO4 tetrahedra. There are four shorter (2.13 Å) and two longer (2.19 Å) Zr–O bond lengths. There are three inequivalent Cu1+ sites. In the first Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded to four equivalent O2- atoms to form CuO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent ZrO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. All Cu–O bond lengths are 2.06 Å. In the second Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are two shorter (2.07 Å) and two longer (2.48 Å) Cu–O bond lengths. In the third Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.95–2.31 Å. There are three inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two La3+, one Zr4+, and three Cu1+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent La3+, one Zr4+, and two Cu1+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two La3+, one Zr4+, and two Cu1+ atoms.