“…Inorganic phosphates cover a large class of diverse materials whose applications include catalysts, solid electrolytes for batteries [6,7], ionic conductors [8], linear and non-linear optical components [9,10], and laser materials [11]. In this context, the A I B III P 2 O 7 compound, where A I is a monovalent element and B III is a trivalent element, forms a large family of materials [12,13]. Since the structures of these phosphates are diverse, it is difficult to classify them as a function of classical fundamental criteria such as cation size, coordination number, or chemical bonding.…”