DOI: 10.17188/1308924
title: Materials Data on Li4Ti3Ni3(SnO8)2 by Materials Project

description: Li4Ti3Ni3(SnO8)2 is Hausmannite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent SnO6 octahedra, corners with four TiO6 octahedra, and corners with five NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 55–66°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.95–2.06 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.81–2.07 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.83–1.98 Å. In the fourth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent SnO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, and corners with five TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 56–63°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.97–2.03 Å. There are three inequivalent Ti4+ sites. In the first Ti4+ site, Ti4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form TiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one SnO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent TiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.02 Å. In the second Ti4+ site, Ti4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form TiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one SnO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent TiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.95–2.06 Å. In the third Ti4+ site, Ti4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form TiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one SnO6 octahedra, and edges with four NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 48–55°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.07 Å. There are three inequivalent Ni+2.67+ sites. In the first Ni+2.67+ site, Ni+2.67+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one SnO6 octahedra, and edges with four TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 53–54°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.10 Å. In the second Ni+2.67+ site, Ni+2.67+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one SnO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent TiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 53–55°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.88–2.16 Å. In the third Ni+2.67+ site, Ni+2.67+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one SnO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent TiO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–54°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.11 Å. There are two inequivalent Sn4+ sites. In the first Sn4+ site, Sn4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent TiO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 48–55°. There are a spread of Sn–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.21 Å. In the second Sn4+ site, Sn4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, corners with four TiO6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one TiO6 octahedra, and edges with two NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–54°. There are a spread of Sn–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.16 Å. There are sixteen inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Ti4+, one Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, two Ti4+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, two Ti4+, and one Ni+2.67+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Ti4+, and one Ni+2.67+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiTi2Ni tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, one Ti4+, and two Ni+2.67+ atoms to form distorted OLiTiNi2 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramids. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Ti4+, one Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, one Ti4+, one Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom to form distorted OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent OLiTi2Ni tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramid, and an edgeedge with one OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramid. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, one Ti4+, one Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom to form distorted OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent OLiTi2Ni tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramid, and an edgeedge with one OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramid. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, two Ti4+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, two Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, one Ti4+, one Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom to form distorted OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramids that share corners with three OLiTiNi2 tetrahedra and an edgeedge with one OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, one Ti4+, one Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Ti4+, and two Ni+2.67+ atoms. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Ti4+, one Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom to form distorted OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent OLiTiNi2 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramid, and an edgeedge with one OLiTiNiSn trigonal pyramid. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Ti4+, one Ni+2.67+, and one Sn4+ atom.