DOI: 10.17188/1701518
title: Materials Data on Li5Mn2CoO8 by Materials Project

description: Li5Mn2CoO8 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are five inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one LiO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, corners with three MnO6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent MnO6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent CoO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–11°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.99–2.17 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with two MnO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent CoO6 octahedra, and edges with nine LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 6–11°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.06–2.18 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one CoO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with three MnO6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent MnO6 octahedra, and edges with nine LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–15°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.00–2.47 Å. In the fourth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one LiO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one CoO6 octahedra, corners with four MnO6 octahedra, edges with six LiO6 octahedra, and edges with six MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 6–12°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.05–2.41 Å. In the fifth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six LiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent MnO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, and edges with eight LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 8–11°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.00–2.29 Å. There are two inequivalent Mn+4.50+ sites. In the first Mn+4.50+ site, Mn+4.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six LiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, edges with four MnO6 octahedra, and edges with six LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–7°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.22 Å. In the second Mn+4.50+ site, Mn+4.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MnO6 octahedra that share corners with six LiO6 octahedra, edges with four MnO6 octahedra, and edges with eight LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 6–15°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.83–2.04 Å. Co2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with six LiO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent MnO6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent CoO6 octahedra, and edges with eight LiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–10°. There are a spread of Co–O bond distances ranging from 1.74–2.23 Å. There are eight inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+, two equivalent Mn+4.50+, and one Co2+ atom to form OLi3Mn2Co octahedra that share corners with six OLi3MnCo2 octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3Mn2Co octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–6°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Li1+ and two equivalent Co2+ atoms to form OLi4Co2 octahedra that share corners with six OLi3MnCo2 octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3Mn2Co octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–9°. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Li1+ and one Mn+4.50+ atom to form OLi5Mn octahedra that share corners with six OLi3MnCo2 octahedra and edges with twelve OLi4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–15°. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and three Mn+4.50+ atoms to form OLi3Mn3 octahedra that share corners with six OLi3MnCo2 octahedra and edges with twelve OLi3Mn2Co octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–9°. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+, one Mn+4.50+, and two equivalent Co2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OLi3MnCo2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–9°. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Li1+ and one Co2+ atom to form OLi5Co octahedra that share corners with six OLi3Mn2Co octahedra and edges with twelve OLi4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–9°. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Li1+ and two equivalent Mn+4.50+ atoms to form distorted OLi4Mn2 octahedra that share corners with six OLi3Mn2Co octahedra and edges with twelve OLi5Mn octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–15°. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and three Mn+4.50+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OLi3Mn3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–9°.