Table 2. Calculated Unit Cell Parameters (Å), Unit Cell Volume (Å3), Volume per Atom (Å3), and Selected Bond Lengths (Å) for YSr2Cu2FeO7 and YSr2Cu2FeO8 Idealized Oxidesa.
| YSr2FeCu2O8 | experimental YSr2FeCu2O7.85 | GGA | GGA + U | SCAN | YSr2FeCu2O7 | experimentalb YSr2FeCu2O7.08 | C-AF GGA | C-AF GGA + U | C-AF SCAN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a, b | 3.8145(3) | 3.8252 | 3.8315 | 3.7861 | a | 22.9136(5)b | 23.1337 | 23.1424 | 22.8529 |
| c | 11.327(7) | 11.3803 | 11.5457 | 11.2755 | b | 5.4577(1)b | 5.5007 | 5.5069 | 5.4411 |
| V | 164.81(1) | 166.52 | 169.50 | 161.62 | c | 5.4053(1)b | 5.4241 | 5.4265 | 5.3744 |
| V per atom | 11.77 | 11.89 | 12.10 | 11.54 | V | 675.98(2) | 690.13 | 691.63 | 668.22 |
| d Fe–O3 | 1.9072(2) | 1.9126 | 1.9157 | 1.8930 | V per atom | 13.00 | 13.27 | 13.30 | 12.85 |
| d Fe–O1 | 1.843(4) | 1.8550 | 1.8813 | 1.8417 | mean d Fe–O | 1.8732 | 1.8754 | 1.9014 | 1.8732 |
| d Fe–O1/d Fe–O3 | 0.9663 | 0.9699 | 0.9820 | 0.9729 | Fe–O3–Fe | 124.6° | 126.0° | 122.9° | 124.5° |
| d Cu–O2 | 1.9244(4) | 1.9355 | 1.9473 | 1.9147 | d Cu–O2 | 1.933(2)/1.934(2) | 1.9365/1.9456 | 1.9413/1.9507 | 1.9267/1.9338 |
| d Cu–O1 | 2.117(4) | 2.1134 | 2.1197 | 2.0812 | d Cu–O1 | 2.302(4) | 2.4327 | 2.3883 | 2.3449 |
| d Cu–O1/d Cu–O2 | 1.1000 | 1.0919 | 1.0885 | 1.0870 | d Cu–O1/d Cu–O2 | 1.1906 | 1.2533 | 1.2273 | 1.2148 |
| d Cu–Cu | 3.407(4) | 3.4435 | 3.5439 | 3.4297 | d Cu–Cu | 3.384(4) | 3.2837 | 3.3506 | 3.3095 |
| d Cu–Fe | 3.960(3) | 3.9684 | 4.0009 | 3.9229 | d Cu–Fe | 4.056(2) | 4.1639 | 4.1337 | 4.0815 |
The experimental data of YSr2Cu2FeO7.86 (ICSD—11514) and YSr2Cu2FeO7.08 (this work) are included for comparison. For the GGA + U method, a value of U = 4 eV is used for both Cu and Fe.