Polycrystalline samples of the pyrochlore series Ag(1-x)M(n)(x)SbO(3+x[(n-1)/2]) (M = Na, K, and Tl) have been structurally analyzed through total scattering techniques. The upper limits of x obtained were 0.05 for Na, 0.16 for K, and 0.17 for Tl. The Ag(+) cation occupies a site with inversion symmetry on a 3-fold axis. When the smaller Na(+) cation substitutes for Ag(+), it is displaced by about 0.6 Å perpendicular to the 3-fold axis to achieve some shorter Na-O bond distances. When the larger Tl(+) cation substitutes for Ag(+), it is displaced by about 1.14 Å along the 3-fold axis and achieves an environment typical of a lone pair cation. Some of the Tl(3+) from the precursor remains unreduced, leading to a formula of Ag(0.772(1))Tl(+)(0.13(2))Tl(3+)(0.036(1))SbO(3.036(1)). The position of the K(+) dopant was effectively modeled assuming that K(+) occupied the same site as Ag(+). The expansion of the lattice caused by substitution of the larger K(+) and Tl(+) cations results in longer Ag-O bond lengths, which would reduce the overlap of the Ag 4d and O 2p orbitals that compose the valence band maximum. Substitution of the smaller Na(+) results in a decrease in the Ag-O bond distance, thus increasing the overlap of the Ag 4d and O 2p orbitals. This will have a direct influence on the band composition and observed properties of this material of interest.

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