Materials Data on Li3Cu3(PO4)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Li3Cu3(PO4)2 is beta beryllia-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO4 tetrahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and corners with six CuO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.02 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four LiO4 tetrahedra, corners with four CuO4 tetrahedra, and corners with four PO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.05 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO4 tetrahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and corners with six CuO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.02 Å. There are three inequivalent Cu1+ sites. In the first Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form CuO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent CuO4 tetrahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and corners with six LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.21 Å. In the second Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form CuO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent CuO4 tetrahedra, corners with four PO4 tetrahedra, and corners with six LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.19 Å. In the third Cu1+ site, Cu1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form CuO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four LiO4 tetrahedra, corners with four CuO4 tetrahedra, and corners with four PO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.12 Å. There are two inequivalent P5+ sites. In the first P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with six LiO4 tetrahedra and corners with six CuO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.55–1.57 Å. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form PO4 tetrahedra that share corners with six LiO4 tetrahedra and corners with six CuO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of P–O bond distances ranging from 1.55–1.57 Å. There are eight inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+, two Cu1+, and one P5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Cu1+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLi2CuP tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Cu1+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLi2CuP tetrahedra. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Cu1+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLi2CuP tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Cu1+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiCu2P tetrahedra. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Cu1+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLi2CuP trigonal pyramids. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Cu1+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiCu2P tetrahedra. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Cu1+, and one P5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiCu2P tetrahedra.