DOI: 10.17188/1284187
title: Materials Data on Hf3Sc4O12 by Materials Project

description: Hf3Sc4O12 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are twenty inequivalent Sc3+ sites. In the first Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.55 Å. In the second Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in an octahedral geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.14 Å. In the third Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.57 Å. In the fourth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.55 Å. In the fifth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in an octahedral geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.14 Å. In the sixth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.60 Å. In the seventh Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.59 Å. In the eighth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.21 Å. In the ninth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.59 Å. In the tenth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.59 Å. In the eleventh Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.22 Å. In the twelfth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.55 Å. In the thirteenth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.65 Å. In the fourteenth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form ScO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one HfO7 pentagonal bipyramid and an edgeedge with one HfO7 pentagonal bipyramid. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.12 Å. In the fifteenth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.59 Å. In the sixteenth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.63 Å. In the seventeenth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.64 Å. In the eighteenth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.58 Å. In the nineteenth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.67 Å. In the twentieth Sc3+ site, Sc3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sc–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.55 Å. There are fifteen inequivalent Hf4+ sites. In the first Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in an octahedral geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.03–2.12 Å. In the second Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.40 Å. In the third Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in an octahedral geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.03–2.13 Å. In the fourth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.41 Å. In the fifth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.47 Å. In the sixth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.39 Å. In the seventh Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.51 Å. In the eighth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.42 Å. In the ninth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.46 Å. In the tenth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.53 Å. In the eleventh Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.48 Å. In the twelfth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.54 Å. In the thirteenth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.47 Å. In the fourteenth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded to seven O2- atoms to form distorted HfO7 pentagonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one ScO6 octahedra and an edgeedge with one ScO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 49°. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.33 Å. In the fifteenth Hf4+ site, Hf4+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Hf–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.50 Å. There are sixty inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with eight OHfSc3 tetrahedra and edges with three OHf3Sc tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with nine OHfSc3 tetrahedra and edges with three OHf3Sc tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with eight OHfSc3 tetrahedra and edges with three OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with nine OHfSc3 tetrahedra and edges with three OHf3Sc tetrahedra. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with nine OHf3Sc tetrahedra and edges with four OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with nine OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra and edges with four OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form distorted OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra that share corners with nine OHf3Sc tetrahedra and edges with three OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Sc3+ and three Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf3Sc tetrahedra. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Sc3+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OSc4 tetrahedra. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form distorted OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra that share corners with eight OHf3Sc tetrahedra and edges with three OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the twenty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom. In the twenty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form distorted OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra that share corners with nine OHf3Sc tetrahedra and edges with three OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the twenty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with six OSc4 tetrahedra and edges with three OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the twenty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the twenty-ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Sc3+ and three Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf3Sc tetrahedra. In the thirtieth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the thirty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Sc3+ and three Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf3Sc tetrahedra. In the thirty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Sc3+ atoms to form OSc4 tetrahedra that share corners with six OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra and edges with three OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the thirty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form distorted OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra that share corners with eight OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra and edges with three OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the thirty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the thirty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form distorted OHfSc3 tetrahedra that share corners with six OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra and edges with three OSc4 tetrahedra. In the thirty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the thirty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the thirty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra. In the thirty-ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Sc3+ and three Hf4+ atoms to form distorted OHf3Sc tetrahedra that share corners with eight OHf2Sc2 tetrahedra and edges with four OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the fortieth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Sc3+ and one Hf4+ atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OHfSc3 tetrahedra. In the forty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Sc3+ and two Hf4+ atoms. In the forty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Sc3