While firstly described already in 1953 by Juza et al., the substance class of lithium oxonitridosilicates grew very slowly over the past 70 years with only one new compound every twenty years on average. This changed only recently, since we were able to synthesize three new representatives, two of them with interesting luminescence properties. Based on these findings, we set up a scheme for classification of the known members of the substance class, which at the same time might offer the possibility to predict potentially stable yet unknown compounds. The results are of interest, not only structurally but also from the perspective of luminescent materials, since no rare earth, alkaline earth or even heavy alkali metal is present in the structures providing the obvious site for doping with Eu(II).
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