NASICON-type Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃

Single crystals of the title compound, tris-odium divanadium(III) tris-(orthophosphate), were grown from a self-flux in the system Na(4)P(2)O(7)-NaVP(2)O(7). Na(3)V(2)(PO(4))(3) belongs to the family of NASICON-related structures and is built up from isolated [VO(6)] octa-hedra (3. symmetry) and [PO(4)] tetra-hedra (.2 symmetry) inter-linked via corners to establish the framework anion [V(2)(PO(4))(3)](3-). The two independent Na(+) cations are partially occupied [site-occupancy factors = 0.805 (18) and 0.731 (7)] and are located in channels with two different oxygen environments, viz sixfold coordination for the first (. symmetry) and eightfold for the second (.2 symmetry) Na(+) cation.