Materials Data on LiTi2O4 by Materials Project

Abstract

LiTi2O4 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnnm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Li1+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form LiO5 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with three TiO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent LiO5 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with six TiO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–72°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.96–2.08 Å. There are two inequivalent Ti+3.50+ sites. In the first Ti+3.50+ site, Ti+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form TiO6 octahedra that share corners with four TiO6 octahedra, a cornercorner with one LiO5 trigonal bipyramid, edges with four TiO6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent LiO5 trigonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–25°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.95–2.18 Å. In the second Ti+3.50+ site, Ti+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form TiO6 octahedra that share corners with four TiO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent LiO5 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four TiO6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent LiO5 trigonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–25°. There are a spread of Ti–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.19 Å. There are four inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li1+ and three Ti+3.50+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Li1+ and three Ti+3.50+ atoms to form OLi2Ti3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with two equivalent OLi2Ti3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with five OLiTi3 trigonal pyramids, an edgeedge with one OLi2Ti3 trigonal bipyramid, and edges with four OLiTi3 trigonal pyramids. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and three Ti+3.50+ atoms to form OLiTi3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent OLi2Ti3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three OLiTi3 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent OLi2Ti3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two equivalent OLiTi3 trigonal pyramids. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and three Ti+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OLiTi3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three equivalent OLi2Ti3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three OLiTi3 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent OLi2Ti3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two equivalent OLiTi3 trigonal pyramids.