Fig. 1

Crystal structure and electronic structure of 6H-SrIrO3. a Crystal structure of 6H-SrIrO3. b A local connection pattern of IrO6 octahedra, in which face-sharing IrO6 octahedral dimers and corner-sharing, isolated IrO6 octahedron are shown. c Local ball-and-stick model of 6H-SrIrO3, in which typical Ir–Ir and Ir–O bond lengths are presented. d Plot of electron location function for Ir–Ir bonding in 6H-SrIrO3. e Density of states of 6H-SrIrO3, in which the Fermi level is 0 eV