DOI: 10.17188/1709575
title: Materials Data on Li3FeNi2(PO4)3 by Materials Project

description: Li3FeNi2(PO4)3 is Ilmenite-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Pm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are six inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with two PO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and edges with two PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 57–66°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.18 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one FeO6 octahedra, corners with three NiO6 octahedra, corners with two PO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and edges with two PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 57–68°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.18 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one FeO6 octahedra, corners with three NiO6 octahedra, corners with two PO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and edges with two PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 57–66°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.18 Å. In the fourth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two FeO6 octahedra, corners with two NiO6 octahedra, corners with two PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, edges with two NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 58–68°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.19 Å. In the fifth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two FeO6 octahedra, corners with two NiO6 octahedra, corners with two PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, edges with two NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 57–67°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.19 Å. In the sixth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two FeO6 octahedra, corners with two NiO6 octahedra, corners with two PO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and edges with two PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 58–68°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.18 Å. There are four inequivalent Fe2+ sites. In the first Fe2+ site, Fe2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–67°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.24 Å. In the second Fe2+ site, Fe2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–68°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.24 Å. In the third Fe2+ site, Fe2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–68°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.24 Å. In the fourth Fe2+ site, Fe2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–68°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.24 Å. There are eight inequivalent Ni2+ sites. In the first Ni2+ site, Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–66°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.18 Å. In the second Ni2+ site, Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–66°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.18 Å. In the third Ni2+ site, Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–66°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.17 Å. In the fourth Ni2+ site, Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–65°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.17 Å. In the fifth Ni2+ site, Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–66°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.17 Å. In the sixth Ni2+ site, Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four FeO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–66°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.17 Å. In the seventh Ni2+ site, Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four FeO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–65°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.17 Å. In the eighth Ni2+ site, Ni2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with four LiO6 octahedra, corners with four FeO6 octahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one PO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–66°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 2.07–2.17 Å. There are twelve inequivalent P5+ sites. In the first P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with three NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–58°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.53–1.57 Å. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with three NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–58°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.53–1.57 Å. In the third P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with two FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–59°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.57 Å. In the fourth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with three NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 53–57°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.58 Å. In the fifth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with two FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 53–59°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.53–1.58 Å. In the sixth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one FeO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with three NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 53–57°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.57 Å. In the seventh P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–57°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.58 Å. In the eighth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–57°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.57 Å. In the ninth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–57°. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.58 Å. In the tenth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with two NiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahe