Materials Data on Ge4PbO9 by Materials Project
PbGe4O9 crystallizes in the trigonal P321 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pb2+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Pb–O bond distances ranging from 2.67–3.23 Å. There are four inequivalent Ge4+ sites. In the first Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent GeO6 octahedra and corners with two GeO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 57–61°. There are a spread of Ge–O bond distances ranging from 1.77–1.80 Å. In the second Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent GeO6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 62°. There is two shorter (1.79 Å) and two longer (1.81 Å) Ge–O bond length. In the third Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form corner-sharing GeO6 octahedra. There is three shorter (1.89 Å) and three longer (1.90 Å) Ge–O bond length. In the fourth Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form corner-sharing GeO6 octahedra. All Ge–O bond lengths are 1.93 Å. There are five inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one Pb2+ and two Ge4+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two equivalent Pb2+ and two equivalent Ge4+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one Pb2+ and two Ge4+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one Pb2+ and two Ge4+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one Pb2+ and two Ge4+ atoms.