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Materials Data on Li13Zn11Ge12 by Materials Project

Abstract

Li13Zn11Ge12 crystallizes in the trigonal P3m1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eleven inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li is bonded in a hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Zn and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Zn bond lengths are 2.58 Å. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.58 Å. In the second Li site, Li is bonded in a hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Zn and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Zn bond lengths are 2.58 Å. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.58 Å. In the third Li site, Li is bonded in a hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Zn and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Zn bond lengths are 2.58 Å. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.58 Å. In the fourth Li site, Li is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.58 Å. In the fifth Li site, Li is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.58 Å. In the sixth Li site, Li is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Zn and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Zn bond lengths are 2.62 Å. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.60 Å. In the seventh Li site, Li is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Zn and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Zn bond lengths are 2.62 Å. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.60 Å. In the eighth Li site, Li is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Zn and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Zn bond lengths are 2.63 Å. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.60 Å. In the ninth Li site, Li is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Zn and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Zn bond lengths are 2.64 Å. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.61 Å. In the tenth Li site, Li is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Zn and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Zn bond lengths are 2.63 Å. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.60 Å. In the eleventh Li site, Li is bonded in a distorted hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Zn and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Li–Zn bond lengths are 2.64 Å. All Li–Ge bond lengths are 2.61 Å. There are eleven inequivalent Zn sites. In the first Zn site, Zn is bonded to three equivalent Li and four Ge atoms to form distorted ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids. There are one shorter (2.67 Å) and three longer (2.70 Å) Zn–Ge bond lengths. In the second Zn site, Zn is bonded to three equivalent Li and four Ge atoms to form distorted ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramid, corners with six GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids. All Zn–Li bond lengths are 2.62 Å. There are one shorter (2.67 Å) and three longer (2.69 Å) Zn–Ge bond lengths. In the third Zn site, Zn is bonded to three equivalent Li and four Ge atoms to form distorted ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramid, corners with six GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids. All Zn–Li bond lengths are 2.62 Å. All Zn–Ge bond lengths are 2.69 Å. In the fourth Zn site, Zn is bonded to three equivalent Li and four Ge atoms to form distorted ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids. There are one shorter (2.52 Å) and three longer (2.74 Å) Zn–Ge bond lengths. In the fifth Zn site, Zn is bonded to three equivalent Li and four Ge atoms to form distorted ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramid, corners with six GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids. There are three shorter (2.69 Å) and one longer (2.71 Å) Zn–Ge bond lengths. In the sixth Zn site, Zn is bonded to three equivalent Li and four Ge atoms to form distorted ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramid, corners with six GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids. There are three shorter (2.69 Å) and one longer (2.70 Å) Zn–Ge bond lengths. In the seventh Zn site, Zn is bonded to three equivalent Li and four Ge atoms to form distorted ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids. There are one shorter (2.69 Å) and three longer (2.70 Å) Zn–Ge bond lengths. In the eighth Zn site, Zn is bonded to three equivalent Li and four Ge atoms to form distorted ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids that share a cornercorner with one ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramid, corners with three equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids. There are one shorter (2.52 Å) and three longer (2.74 Å) Zn–Ge bond lengths. In the ninth Zn site, Zn is bonded in a hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Li and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Zn–Ge bond lengths are 2.58 Å. In the tenth Zn site, Zn is bonded in a hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Li and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Zn–Ge bond lengths are 2.58 Å. In the eleventh Zn site, Zn is bonded in a hexagonal planar geometry to three equivalent Li and three equivalent Ge atoms. All Zn–Ge bond lengths are 2.58 Å. There are ten inequivalent Ge sites. In the first Ge site, Ge is bonded to three equivalent Li, three equivalent Zn, and one Ge atom to form distorted GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with six ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids. The Ge–Ge bond length is 2.52 Å. In the second Ge site, Ge is bonded to three equivalent Li, three equivalent Zn, and one Ge atom to form distorted GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with six ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids. The Ge–Ge bond length is 2.54 Å. In the third Ge site, Ge is bonded to three equivalent Li, three equivalent Zn, and one Ge atom to form distorted GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with six ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids. In the fourth Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li, three equivalent Zn, and one Ge atom. The Ge–Ge bond length is 2.52 Å. In the fifth Ge site, Ge is bonded to three equivalent Li, three equivalent Zn, and one Ge atom to form distorted GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids, corners with six ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids, edges with three equivalent ZnLi3Ge4 hexagonal pyramids, and edges with six equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids. In the sixth Ge site, Ge is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Li, three equivalent Zn, and one Ge atom. In the seventh Ge site, Ge is bonded to three equivalent Li and five Zn atoms to form GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with six GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids and edges with six equivalent GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids. In the eighth Ge site, Ge is bonded to three equivalent Li and five Zn atoms to form GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with six equivalent GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids and edges with six equivalent GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids. In the ninth Ge site, Ge is bonded to three equivalent Li and five Zn atoms to form GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids that share corners with six GeLi3Zn3Ge hexagonal pyramids and edges with six equivalent GeLi3Zn5 hexagonal bipyramids. In the tenth Ge site, Ge is bonded to six Li and two Zn atoms to form edge-sharing GeLi6Zn2 hexagonal bipyramids.

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2020-04-30. Materials Data on Li13Zn11Ge12 by Materials Project. https://doi.org/10.17188/1667163

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