DOI: 10.17188/1298872
title: Materials Data on Li5Co2Ni3O10 by Materials Project

description: Li5Co2Ni3O10 is beta Polonium-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic P2/m 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 two CoO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent NiO6 octahedra, edges with six LiO6 octahedra, and edges with six NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–5°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.21 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with four NiO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–10°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.02–2.10 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent NiO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–6°. There are four shorter (2.13 Å) and two longer (2.17 Å) Li–O bond lengths. In the fourth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one CoO6 octahedra, corners with five NiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with four NiO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–10°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.03–2.16 Å. In the fifth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with six LiO6 octahedra, and edges with six CoO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 8°. There are two shorter (2.01 Å) and four longer (2.15 Å) Li–O bond lengths. In the sixth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one NiO6 octahedra, corners with five equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, edges with four CoO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 4–9°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.12–2.18 Å. There are three inequivalent Co+3.50+ sites. In the first Co+3.50+ site, Co+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six LiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent NiO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–6°. There is two shorter (1.89 Å) and four longer (1.94 Å) Co–O bond length. In the second Co+3.50+ site, Co+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six LiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent NiO6 octahedra, edges with four CoO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 4–9°. There are a spread of Co–O bond distances ranging from 1.90–1.94 Å. In the third Co+3.50+ site, Co+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six LiO6 octahedra, edges with six LiO6 octahedra, and edges with six CoO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 7–8°. There is four shorter (1.93 Å) and two longer (1.94 Å) Co–O bond length. 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 six LiO6 octahedra, edges with six LiO6 octahedra, and edges with six NiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–5°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.91–1.98 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 six LiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with four NiO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–10°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.97–2.05 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 six LiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with four NiO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–10°. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.07 Å. There are ten inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and three Ni+2.67+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and three Ni+2.67+ atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share corners with six OLi3Co2Ni octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3CoNi2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and three Ni+2.67+ atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share corners with six OLi3Co2Ni octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3CoNi2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and three Ni+2.67+ atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share corners with six OLi3CoNi2 octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+, two equivalent Co+3.50+, and one Ni+2.67+ atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OLi3Co2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+, one Co+3.50+, and two equivalent Ni+2.67+ atoms to form OLi3CoNi2 octahedra that share corners with six OLi3CoNi2 octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+, two equivalent Co+3.50+, and one Ni+2.67+ atom to form OLi3Co2Ni octahedra that share corners with six OLi3Co3 octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3CoNi2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+, one Co+3.50+, and two equivalent Ni+2.67+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OLi3CoNi2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and three Co+3.50+ atoms to form OLi3Co3 octahedra that share corners with six OLi3Co3 octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3CoNi2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and three Co+3.50+ atoms to form OLi3Co3 octahedra that share corners with six OLi3CoNi2 octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3Co3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–3°.