DOI: 10.17188/1704513
title: Materials Data on LiMg30CoO32 by Materials Project

description: LiMg30CoO32 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.18 Å) and four longer (2.20 Å) Li–O bond lengths. There are eight inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.20 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.11 Å) and two longer (2.15 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the third Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.14 Å. In the fourth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.08 Å) and four longer (2.14 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the fifth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one LiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one CoO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–6°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.17 Å. In the sixth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–3°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.14 Å. In the seventh Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one CoO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–5°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.14 Å. In the eighth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one LiO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–6°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.16 Å. Co3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are four shorter (2.05 Å) and two longer (2.11 Å) Co–O bond lengths. There are eleven inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Co3+ atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg5Co octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Co octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OLiMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent OMg6 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg5Co octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–4°. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one Co3+ atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg5Co octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–6°. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form OLiMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Co octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–6°. The O–Mg bond length is 2.05 Å. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form OLiMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Co octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–6°. There are a spread of O–Mg bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.11 Å. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OLiMg5 octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form OLiMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Co octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–6°. Both O–Mg bond lengths are 2.11 Å. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form OLiMg5 octahedra that share corners with six OMg5Co octahedra and edges with twelve OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–6°. There are two shorter (2.08 Å) and two longer (2.11 Å) O–Mg bond lengths.