The oxonitridosilicates, also called sions (Si + O + N) or silicon-oxynitrides are inorganic ceramic compounds in which oxygen and nitrogen atoms are bound to a silicon atom.[1] A common variant also has aluminium replacing some silicon. They can be considered as silicates in which nitrogen partially replaces oxygen, or as nitridosilicates with oxygen partly replacing nitrogen.

Formation edit

A possible way to make these compounds is to heat metal oxides or carbonates with silicon nitride and silica in a nitrogen atmosphere.[2]

Properties edit

Oxonitridosilicates have diverse structures. At the small scale silicon forms tetrahedral shapes surrounded by four oxygen or nitrogen atoms. With oxygen, one point of a tetrahedron can be bridged to another denoted O[2], or the oxygen can be a terminal atom denoted O[1]. With nitrogen, it can be shared in more ways: terminal N[1], bridged between two tetrahedra N[2], or even three or four: N[3], N[4]. With nitrogen, tetrahedra can be fused on an edge, or a point, whereas oxygen only connects tetrahedra at a vertex.[3]

The condensation ratio, denoted by K indicates how condensed the tetrahedra are. K is the number of silicon atoms divided by the sum of oxygen and nitrogen. For SiN48− or SIO24+ K is 1/4 and it increases to 1/2 for SiO2.[3]

Use edit

Oxonitridosilicates doped with europium have been used as phosphors in white LEDs, as they convert some blue light to other colours that can mix to white.[3]

Listing edit

name formula crystal
system
space
group
unit cell volume phosphor

colour Eu2+

comments ref
LiSiNO [4]
Li3SiNO2 [5]
Li6SiN2O2 [6]
Li7SiN3O Fm3m a=4.6994 [7]
Li5SiNO3 [4]
Na3SiNO2 [5]
CaSi2O2N2 [8]
Ca2.89Si2N1.76O4.24

Ca3Si2O4N2

cubic Pa3

a = 15.0626 Å V = 3417.45 Å3 Z=24

green colourless [9][10]
SrSi2O2N2 green [8][11]
Li4Sr4[Si4O4N6]O tetragonal P42/nmc a=7.4833, c = 9.8365 V=552.81 Z = 2 orange band gap 3.6 eV [12]
Sr3Si13Al3O2N21 orthorhombic a = 9.037, b = 14.734, c = 7.464 green [13]
Y4SiO7N2 [14]
BaSi2O2N2 bluish green [15]
Ba3Si6O9N4 bluish green [16]
Ba3Si6O12N2 trigonal P3 a = 7.5046 c = 6.4703 green
La5Si3O12N hexagonal P63/m a=9.7051 c=7.2546 Z=1 591.76 white UV>261 [14]
La4SiO7N2 monoclinic P121/C1 a=8.036 b=10.992 c=11.109 β=110.92 Z=4 916.75 white UV>283 [14]
LaSiO2N hexagonal P6c2 a=7.310 c=9.550 V=441.95 Z=6 white UV>263 [14]
La3Si8O4N11 orthorhombic C2/c a=15.850 b=4.9029 c=18.039 Z=4 1271.05 white UV>243 [14]
La3[SiON3]O tetragonal I4/mcm a = 6.822, c = 11.074 Å, Z = 4 [17]
La16[Si8N22][SiON3]2 triclinic P1 a = 5.718, b = 11.391, c = 13.435, α = 112.02, β = 90.19, γ = 90.58 Z=2 811.1 [18]
Ce4[Si4O4N6]O green-yellow [1]
Ce3[SiON3]O tetragonal I4/mcm a = 6.723, c = 11.069 Å, Z = 4 dark red [17]
Sr3Ce10Si18Al12O18N36 [1]
Pr3[SiON3]O tetragonal I4/mcm a = 6.6979, c = 11.005 Å, Z = 4 [17]
Pr4Si2O7N2 [17]
Gd3[SiON3]O tetragonal I4/mcm [17]
Sr3Pr10Si18Al12O18N36 [1]
Sr3Nd10Si18Al12O18N36 [1]
Sr10Sm6Si30Al6O7N54 [1]
EuSi2O2N2 triclinic P1 a=7.095 b=7.246 c=7.256 α=88.69 β=84.77 γ=75.84 Z=4 [8]
ytterbium silicon oxynitride Yb4Si2O7N2 [19]

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