DOI: 10.17188/1679189
title: Materials Data on Li7Fe4(PO4)6 by Materials Project

description: Li7Fe4(PO4)6 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are seven inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two FeO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 63–67°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.09 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.48 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.03–2.54 Å. In the fourth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.89–2.33 Å. In the fifth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form distorted LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two FeO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one LiO4 tetrahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 68°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.08 Å. In the sixth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.37 Å. In the seventh Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form distorted LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two FeO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one LiO4 tetrahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 66–67°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.02–2.19 Å. There are four inequivalent Fe+2.75+ sites. In the first Fe+2.75+ site, Fe+2.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra and corners with six PO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.10 Å. In the second Fe+2.75+ site, Fe+2.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra, corners with six PO4 tetrahedra, and an edgeedge with one LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.23 Å. In the third Fe+2.75+ site, Fe+2.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one LiO4 tetrahedra, corners with six PO4 tetrahedra, and edges with two LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.99–2.09 Å. In the fourth Fe+2.75+ site, Fe+2.75+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one LiO4 tetrahedra and corners with six PO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.15 Å. There are six inequivalent P5+ sites. In the first P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four FeO6 octahedra and corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 18–52°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.52–1.57 Å. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four FeO6 octahedra and corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 29–46°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.56 Å. In the third P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four FeO6 octahedra and corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 38–49°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.53–1.58 Å. In the fourth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four FeO6 octahedra and a cornercorner with one LiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 33–52°. There is two shorter (1.53 Å) and two longer (1.57 Å) P–O bond length. In the fifth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four FeO6 octahedra and corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 35–52°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.57 Å. In the sixth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four FeO6 octahedra and corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 18–58°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.53–1.57 Å. There are twenty-four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to one Fe+2.75+ and one P5+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLi2FeP trigonal pyramids. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLi2FeP trigonal pyramids. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLi2FeP tetrahedra. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe+2.75+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Fe+2.75+ and one P5+ atom. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLi2FeP trigonal pyramids. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLi2FeP tetrahedra. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, one Fe+2.75+, and one P5+ atom.