DOI: 10.17188/1284425
title: Materials Data on Li2Mo(PO3)8 by Materials Project

description: Li2Mo(PO3)8 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one Li2Mo(PO3)8 sheet oriented in the (-1, 0, 1) direction. there are two inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.39–2.01 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.41–2.22 Å. Mo6+ is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Mo–O bond distances ranging from 1.39–2.09 Å. There are eight inequivalent P5+ sites. In the first P5+ site, P5+ is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.28–2.25 Å. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three O2- atoms. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.41–1.48 Å. In the third P5+ site, P5+ is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.37–2.09 Å. In the fourth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.26–2.28 Å. In the fifth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.07–2.34 Å. In the sixth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.22–2.10 Å. In the seventh P5+ site, P5+ is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three O2- atoms. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.41–1.50 Å. In the eighth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.13–2.20 Å. There are twenty-four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Mo6+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to three P5+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mo6+ and one P5+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, one Mo6+, and one P5+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 150 degrees geometry to one Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Mo6+ and one P5+ atom. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a water-like geometry to two P5+ atoms. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two P5+ atoms. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two P5+ atoms. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 150 degrees geometry to one Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one P5+ atom. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two P5+ atoms.