DOI: 10.17188/1721173
title: Materials Data on FePO4 by Materials Project

description: FePO4 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are six inequivalent Fe3+ sites. In the first Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two FeO6 octahedra, corners with six PO4 tetrahedra, and a cornercorner with one FeO5 trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 60–67°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.52 Å. In the second Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with six PO4 tetrahedra and an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.22 Å. In the third Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with six PO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one FeO5 trigonal bipyramid. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.90–2.21 Å. In the fourth Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one FeO6 octahedra, corners with six PO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one FeO5 trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 60°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.86–2.19 Å. In the fifth Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one FeO6 octahedra, corners with six PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 67°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.28 Å. In the sixth Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form FeO5 trigonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one FeO6 octahedra, corners with five PO4 tetrahedra, and edges with two FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 61°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.09 Å. There are six inequivalent P5+ sites. In the first P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four FeO6 octahedra and a cornercorner with one FeO5 trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 20–63°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.51–1.61 Å. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four FeO6 octahedra and a cornercorner with one FeO5 trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 34–58°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.53–1.60 Å. In the third P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with five FeO6 octahedra and corners with two equivalent FeO5 trigonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 36–58°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.50–1.59 Å. In the fourth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with five FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 38–61°. There is three shorter (1.53 Å) and one longer (1.61 Å) P–O bond length. In the fifth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with six FeO6 octahedra and a cornercorner with one FeO5 trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 16–59°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.52–1.60 Å. In the sixth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with six FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 30–56°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.53–1.57 Å. There are twenty-four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Fe3+ and one P5+ atom.