DOE OSTI2020
MoOPO4 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Mo5+ sites. In the first Mo5+ site, Mo5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted MoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MoO6 octahedra and corners with four PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 33–34°. There are a spread of Mo–O bond distances ranging from 1.76–2.21 Å. In the second Mo5+ site, Mo5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted MoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MoO6 octahedra and corners with four PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 33–34°. There are a spread of Mo–O bond distances ranging from 1.76–2.21 Å. There are two inequivalent P5+ sites. In the first P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four MoO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 31–44°. There is two shorter (1.54 Å) and two longer (1.55 Å) P–O bond length. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four MoO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 25–47°. There is two shorter (1.54 Å) and two longer (1.55 Å) P–O bond length. There are ten inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mo5+ and one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mo5+ and one P5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two Mo5+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mo5+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mo5+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mo5+ and one P5+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mo5+ and one P5+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mo5+ and one P5+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one Mo5+ and one P5+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to two Mo5+ atoms.