Materials Data on K3GaO3 by Materials Project
K3GaO3 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent K1+ sites. In the first K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.56–2.91 Å. In the second K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent O2- atoms. There are two shorter (2.79 Å) and two longer (2.80 Å) K–O bond lengths. In the third K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.70–3.15 Å. Ga3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form edge-sharing GaO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Ga–O bond distances ranging from 1.85–1.96 Å. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to six K1+ and one Ga3+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three K1+ and two equivalent Ga3+ atoms.