Materials Data on Ba3ZnRu2O9 by Materials Project

Ba3ZnRu2O9 is (Cubic) Perovskite-derived structured and crystallizes in the hexagonal P6_3/mmc space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ba2+ sites. In the first Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded to twelve O2- atoms to form BaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with nine BaO12 cuboctahedra, corners with three equivalent RuO6 octahedra, faces with seven BaO12 cuboctahedra, faces with three equivalent ZnO6 octahedra, and faces with four equivalent RuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 9°. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.93–3.01 Å. In the second Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded to twelve O2- atoms to form BaO12 cuboctahedra that share corners with twelve BaO12 cuboctahedra, faces with six equivalent BaO12 cuboctahedra, faces with two equivalent ZnO6 octahedra, and faces with six equivalent RuO6 octahedra. There are six shorter (2.94 Å) and six longer (2.95 Å) Ba–O bond lengths. Ru5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form RuO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent BaO12 cuboctahedra, corners with three equivalent ZnO6 octahedra, faces with seven BaO12 cuboctahedra, and a faceface with one RuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 4°. There is three shorter (1.93 Å) and three longer (2.06 Å) Ru–O bond length. Zn2+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form ZnO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent RuO6 octahedra and faces with eight BaO12 cuboctahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 4°. All Zn–O bond lengths are 2.12 Å. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to four Ba2+, one Ru5+, and one Zn2+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Ba2+ and two equivalent Ru5+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted face and corner-sharing OBa4Ru2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 6–60°.