DOI: 10.17188/1206902
title: Materials Data on Zr4N2O5 by Materials Project

description: Zr4N2O5 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are sixteen inequivalent Zr4+ sites. In the first Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to three N3- and four O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, corners with two ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 55°. There are a spread of Zr–N bond distances ranging from 2.20–2.26 Å. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.19–2.25 Å. In the second Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to two N3- and five O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, corners with two ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 49°. There are one shorter (2.21 Å) and one longer (2.23 Å) Zr–N bond lengths. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.19–2.27 Å. In the third Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to two N3- and four O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN2O4 octahedra that share corners with six ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids and edges with six ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids. Both Zr–N bond lengths are 2.13 Å. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.28 Å. In the fourth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to two N3- and five O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, corners with two ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 54°. There are one shorter (2.16 Å) and one longer (2.24 Å) Zr–N bond lengths. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.15–2.32 Å. In the fifth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to two N3- and five O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, corners with two ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 45°. There are one shorter (2.15 Å) and one longer (2.22 Å) Zr–N bond lengths. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.16–2.31 Å. In the sixth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to two N3- and six O2- atoms. There are one shorter (2.24 Å) and one longer (2.25 Å) Zr–N bond lengths. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.22–2.35 Å. In the seventh Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to one N3- and six O2- atoms to form distorted ZrNO6 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, corners with two ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. The Zr–N bond length is 2.15 Å. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.31 Å. In the eighth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to one N3- and six O2- atoms to form distorted ZrNO6 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, corners with two ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. The Zr–N bond length is 2.17 Å. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.30 Å. In the ninth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to two N3- and five O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, corners with two ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. There are one shorter (2.15 Å) and one longer (2.24 Å) Zr–N bond lengths. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.18–2.27 Å. In the tenth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to two N3- and five O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, corners with two ZrNO6 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 45°. There are one shorter (2.16 Å) and one longer (2.21 Å) Zr–N bond lengths. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.16–2.32 Å. In the eleventh Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to one N3- and seven O2- atoms. The Zr–N bond length is 2.20 Å. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.17–2.38 Å. In the twelfth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to three N3- and four O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, corners with two ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 55°. There are two shorter (2.22 Å) and one longer (2.30 Å) Zr–N bond lengths. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.17–2.25 Å. In the thirteenth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to three N3- and four O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, corners with two ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 54°. There are a spread of Zr–N bond distances ranging from 2.22–2.26 Å. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.17–2.27 Å. In the fourteenth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to two N3- and five O2- atoms to form distorted ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, corners with two ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are one shorter (2.15 Å) and one longer (2.21 Å) Zr–N bond lengths. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.16–2.27 Å. In the fifteenth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to one N3- and six O2- atoms to form distorted ZrNO6 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZrN3O3 octahedra, corners with two ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids, an edgeedge with one ZrN2O4 octahedra, and edges with six ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. The Zr–N bond length is 2.23 Å. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.13–2.27 Å. In the sixteenth Zr4+ site, Zr4+ is bonded to three N3- and three O2- atoms to form ZrN3O3 octahedra that share corners with six ZrN2O5 pentagonal bipyramids and edges with six ZrN3O4 pentagonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Zr–N bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.19 Å. There are a spread of Zr–O bond distances ranging from 2.18–2.25 Å. There are eight inequivalent N3- sites. In the first N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted NZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with four NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with six OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one NZr4 trigonal pyramid, corners with two OZr4 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one NZr4 tetrahedra, edges with three OZr4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid. In the second N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted NZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with three NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with eleven OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid, an edgeedge with one NZr4 tetrahedra, edges with two OZr4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid. In the third N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted NZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with three NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with eleven OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid, edges with four OZr4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid. In the fourth N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted NZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with four NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with nine OZr4 tetrahedra, corners with two OZr4 trigonal pyramids, edges with four OZr4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid. In the fifth N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted NZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with three NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with eleven OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid, edges with four OZr4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one NZr4 trigonal pyramid. In the sixth N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted NZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with four NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with nine OZr4 tetrahedra, corners with two OZr4 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one NZr4 tetrahedra, and edges with three OZr4 tetrahedra. In the seventh N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted NZr4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with eleven OZr4 tetrahedra, corners with two OZr4 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one NZr4 tetrahedra, edges with two OZr4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid. In the eighth N3- site, N3- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted NZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with three NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with eight OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one NZr4 trigonal pyramid, a cornercorner with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid, an edgeedge with one NZr4 tetrahedra, edges with three OZr4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid. There are twenty inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted OZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with two NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with ten OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one NZr4 trigonal pyramid, corners with two OZr4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two OZr4 tetrahedra, and edges with three NZr4 tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form OZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with five NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with six OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one NZr4 trigonal pyramid, a cornercorner with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid, an edgeedge with one NZr4 tetrahedra, edges with four OZr4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted OZr4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with ten OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one NZr4 trigonal pyramid, corners with two OZr4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two NZr4 tetrahedra, and edges with two OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted OZr4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with eight OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one NZr4 trigonal pyramid, a cornercorner with one OZr4 trigonal pyramid, an edgeedge with one NZr4 tetrahedra, and edges with four OZr4 tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted OZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with four NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with six OZr4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one NZr4 trigonal pyramid, corners with two OZr4 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one NZr4 tetrahedra, and edges with four OZr4 tetrahedra. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form distorted OZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with two NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with eleven OZr4 tetrahedra, corners with two OZr4 trigonal pyramids, edges with two NZr4 tetrahedra, and edges with three OZr4 tetrahedra. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Zr4+ atoms to form OZr4 tetrahedra that share corners with three NZr4 tetrahedra, corners with eight