Materials Data on Li4Cu(PO4)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Li4Cu(PO4)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.00–2.36 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.53 Å. Cu2+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.96 Å) and two longer (1.99 Å) Cu–O bond length. P5+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.54–1.57 Å. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to four Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Cu2+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLi2CuP trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, one Cu2+, and one P5+ atom.