DOI: 10.17188/1294854
title: Materials Data on MnFeCo(PO4)3 by Materials Project

description: MnFeCo(PO4)3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmn2_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Mn2+ sites. In the first Mn2+ site, Mn2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted MnO6 pentagonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 49°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.90–2.31 Å. In the second Mn2+ site, Mn2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted MnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 47–50°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.91–2.32 Å. There are two 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 equivalent CoO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MnO6 pentagonal pyramids, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.16 Å. In the second Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MnO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.95–2.15 Å. There are two inequivalent Co4+ sites. In the first Co4+ site, Co4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MnO6 pentagonal pyramids, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. There are a spread of Co–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.24 Å. In the second Co4+ site, Co4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent MnO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 47–50°. There are a spread of Co–O bond distances ranging from 1.87–2.11 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 two FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one MnO6 pentagonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 42–53°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.52–1.58 Å. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two CoO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MnO6 pentagonal pyramids, and an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 40–50°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.51–1.58 Å. In the third P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one MnO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one MnO6 pentagonal pyramid, and an edgeedge with one CoO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 43–55°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.56 Å. In the fourth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one MnO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one MnO6 pentagonal pyramid, and an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–56°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.56 Å. In the fifth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent MnO6 octahedra, corners with two FeO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one CoO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 41–55°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.52–1.58 Å. In the sixth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two CoO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 43–53°. There is one shorter (1.53 Å) and three longer (1.56 Å) P–O bond length. There are eighteen inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Co4+ and one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mn2+ and one P5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one Co4+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one Mn2+ and one P5+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Mn2+, one Co4+, and one P5+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Mn2+, one Fe3+, and one P5+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Fe3+, one Co4+, and one P5+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mn2+ and one P5+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted 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 Co4+ and one P5+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe3+ and one P5+ atom. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Co4+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one Mn2+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Fe3+, one Co4+, and one P5+ atom. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Mn2+, one Co4+, and one P5+ atom. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Mn2+, one Fe3+, and one P5+ atom.