Materials Data on YZr9O20 by Materials Project
YZr9O20 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Y is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Y–O bond distances ranging from 2.26–2.43 Å. There are nine inequivalent Zr sites. In the first Zr site, Zr is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.39 Å. In the second Zr site, Zr is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.40 Å. In the third Zr site, Zr is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.42 Å. In the fourth Zr site, Zr is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.14–2.40 Å. In the fifth Zr site, Zr is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.40 Å. In the sixth Zr site, Zr is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.14–2.41 Å. In the seventh Zr site, Zr is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.41 Å. In the eighth Zr site, Zr is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.15–2.39 Å. In the ninth Zr site, Zr is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O atoms. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.39 Å. There are twenty inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the second O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the third O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fourth O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O is bonded to one Y and three Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OYZr3 tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the seventh O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the eighth O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the ninth O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the tenth O site, O is bonded to one Y and three Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OYZr3 tetrahedra. In the eleventh O site, O is bonded to one Y and three Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OYZr3 tetrahedra. In the twelfth O site, O is bonded to one Y and three Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OYZr3 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth O site, O is bonded to one Y and three Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OYZr3 tetrahedra. In the fourteenth O site, O is bonded to one Y and three Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OYZr3 tetrahedra. In the fifteenth O site, O is bonded to one Y and three Zr atoms to form OYZr3 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OZr4 tetrahedra and edges with six OYZr3 tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form OZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with sixteen OZr4 tetrahedra and edges with six OYZr3 tetrahedra. In the seventeenth O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the eighteenth O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra. In the nineteenth O site, O is bonded to one Y and three Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OYZr3 tetrahedra. In the twentieth O site, O is bonded to four Zr atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OZr4 tetrahedra.