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) | |