Co-reporter:F. Girgsdies, W.-S. Dong, J.K. Bartley, G.J. Hutchings, R. Schlögl, T. Ressler
Solid State Sciences 2006 Volume 8(Issue 7) pp:807-812
Publication Date(Web):July 2006
DOI:10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2006.04.008
The crystal structure of ε-VOPO4 was determined in the space group Cc from X-ray powder diffraction data using a rigid body approach. The resulting structure is compared to a recently published, slightly different structure model (space group P21/nP21/n) using Rietveld refinement. It was found that the new Cc model consistently yields a better fit to the observed data and exhibits a less distorted, more stable geometry. The crystal structure of ε-VOPO4 is discussed in comparison to β-VOPO4, monoclinic VPO4⋅H2O, and other related structures.