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. 2020 Jul 22;10(46):27481–27491. doi: 10.1039/d0ra05187j

Calculated structural parameters of (La0.5Bi0.5O)CuCh (Ch = S, Se, Te) systems (Calc) compared with the previous experimental results denoted by Exp1 and Exp2 for (LaO)CuCh and (BiO)CuCh,38 respectively.

Parameter (La0.5Bi0.5O)CuS (La0.5Bi0.5O)CuSe (La0.5Bi0.5O)CuTe
Calc Exp1 Exp2 Calc Exp1 Exp2 Calc Exp1 Exp2
a (Å) 3.9699 3.9938(2) 3.8691(1) 4.0413 4.0670(1) 3.9287(1) 4.1442 4.1808(2) 4.0411(2)
c (Å) 8.5791 8.5215(4) 8.5602(4) 8.9197 8.8006(8) 8.9291(2) 9.4662 9.3441(8) 9.5237(5)
Δa (%) — −0.5981 2.6056 — −0.6329 2.8651 — −0.8746 2.5522
Δc (%) — 0.6759 0.2207 — 1.3532 −0.1054 — 1.3072 −0.6033
V cell (Å3) 135.2083 135.9217 128.1456 145.6745 145.5662 137.8178 162.5799 163.3264 155.5267
Cu1 (xCu, −yCu, zCu) x Cu 0.2477 1/4 0.2481 1/4 0.2502 1/4
Cu2 (−yCu, xCu, zCu) y Cu 0.2481 1/4 0.2480 1/4 0.2501 1/4
z Cu 0.5016 1/2 0.4987 1/2 0.4988 1/2
O1 (xO, −yO, zO) x O 0.2500 1/4 0.2500 1/4 0.2502 1/4
O2 (−yO, xO, zO) y O 0.2502 1/4 0.2503 1/4 0.2503 1/4
z O −0.0014 0 0.0000 0 0.0004 0
La (xLa, xLa, zLa) x La 0.2497 1/4 — 0.2496 1/4 — 0.2499 1/4 —
z La 0.1566 0.14763(7) — 0.1458 0.13963(6) — 0.1280 0.1267(1) —
Bi −(xBi, xBi, zBi) x Bi 0.2501 — 1/4 0.2497 — 1/4 0.2501 — 1/4
z Bi 0.1415 — 0.14829(5) 0.1347 — 0.14020(4) 0.1264 — 0.12733(9)
Ch1 (xCh1, xCh1, zCh1) x Ch1 0.2512 1/4 1/4 0.2510 1/4 1/4 0.2500 1/4 1/4
z Ch1 0.6567 0.6623(1) 0.6710(2) 0.6684 0.6698(1) 0.6758(1) 0.6771 0.6754(1) 0.6810(1)
Ch2 −(xCh2, xCh2, zCh2) x Ch2 0.2505 1/4 1/4 0.2507 1/4 1/4 0.2499 1/4 1/4
z Ch2 0.6722 0.6623(1) 0.6710(2) 0.6768 0.6698(1) 0.6758(1) 0.6772 0.6754(1) 0.6810(1)