DOE OSTI2020
TbCeO4 is Fluorite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent Tb4+ sites. In the first Tb4+ site, Tb4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–O bond distances ranging from 2.34–2.41 Å. In the second Tb4+ site, Tb4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–O bond distances ranging from 2.33–2.42 Å. In the third Tb4+ site, Tb4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.41 Å. In the fourth Tb4+ site, Tb4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–O bond distances ranging from 2.34–2.40 Å. There are four inequivalent Ce4+ sites. In the first Ce4+ site, Ce4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ce–O bond distances ranging from 2.34–2.39 Å. In the second Ce4+ site, Ce4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ce–O bond distances ranging from 2.33–2.38 Å. In the third Ce4+ site, Ce4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ce–O bond distances ranging from 2.33–2.38 Å. In the fourth Ce4+ site, Ce4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ce–O bond distances ranging from 2.33–2.38 Å. There are sixteen inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OCe4 tetrahedra and edges with six OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OCe4 tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Tb4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb4 tetrahedra. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Tb4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb4 tetrahedra. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra and edges with six OCe4 tetrahedra. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OCe4 tetrahedra. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra and edges with six OCe4 tetrahedra. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Tb4+ and two Ce4+ atoms to form OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OCe4 tetrahedra and edges with six OTb2Ce2 tetrahedra.