DOI: 10.17188/1303075
title: Materials Data on Li4Fe2Ni3Sn3O16 by Materials Project

description: Li4Fe2Ni3Sn3O16 is Spinel-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 FeO6 octahedra, corners with four SnO6 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 1.97–2.08 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share a cornercorner with one SnO6 octahedra, corners with two NiO6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent FeO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two SnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 51–68°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.78–2.13 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form distorted LiO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one NiO6 octahedra, corners with two SnO6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent FeO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one SnO6 octahedra, and edges with two NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 55–66°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.78–1.99 Å. In the fourth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, and corners with five SnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–64°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.06 Å. There are two inequivalent Fe3+ sites. In the first Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, corners with four NiO6 octahedra, corners with six LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one NiO6 octahedra, and edges with two SnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 48–57°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 2.03–2.14 Å. In the second Fe3+ site, Fe3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form FeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, corners with four SnO6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent LiO4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent LiO4 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one SnO6 octahedra, and edges with two NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–55°. There are a spread of Fe–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.14 Å. There are three inequivalent Ni+3.33+ sites. In the first Ni+3.33+ site, Ni+3.33+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with four LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, edges with four SnO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one LiO4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–47°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.97–2.10 Å. In the second Ni+3.33+ site, Ni+3.33+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one LiO4 trigonal pyramid, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one LiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 52–53°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.91–2.16 Å. In the third Ni+3.33+ site, Ni+3.33+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one LiO4 trigonal pyramid, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one LiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 48–52°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.89–2.00 Å. There are three 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 FeO6 octahedra, corners with four LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one LiO4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 55°. There are a spread of Sn–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.12 Å. In the second Sn4+ site, Sn4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with four LiO4 tetrahedra, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one LiO4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 54–55°. There are a spread of Sn–O bond distances ranging from 2.04–2.12 Å. In the third Sn4+ site, Sn4+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SnO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent FeO6 octahedra, corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra, a cornercorner with one LiO4 trigonal pyramid, an edgeedge with one FeO6 octahedra, edges with four NiO6 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one LiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 56–57°. There are a spread of Sn–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.12 Å. There are sixteen inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Fe3+, one Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Fe3+, and two Sn4+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Ni+3.33+, and two Sn4+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, one Ni+3.33+, and two Sn4+ atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OLiNiSn2 tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Fe3+, one Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, one Fe3+, one Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiFeNiSn tetrahedra. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Fe3+, one Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Fe3+, and two Sn4+ atoms. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Fe3+, and two Ni+3.33+ atoms. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, one Fe3+, one Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom to form distorted OLiFeNiSn tetrahedra that share corners with four OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra and edges with two OLiFeNi2 tetrahedra. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, one Fe3+, one Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom to form distorted OLiFeNiSn tetrahedra that share corners with four OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra and edges with two OLiFeNi2 tetrahedra. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, two Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Fe3+, one Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, one Fe3+, and two Ni+3.33+ atoms to form distorted OLiFeNi2 tetrahedra that share corners with four OLiNi2Sn tetrahedra and edges with two OLiFeNiSn tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, one Fe3+, one Ni+3.33+, and one Sn4+ atom.