Title: Materials Data on Li4Zn(PS4)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Li4Zn(PS4)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eight inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form distorted LiS4 tetrahedra that share corners with two ZnS4 tetrahedra, corners with four PS4 tetrahedra, and corners with six LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–S bond distances ranging from 2.51–2.62 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form distorted LiS4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent ZnS4 tetrahedra, corners with four PS4 tetrahedra, and corners with six LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–S bond distances ranging from 2.53–2.61 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form LiS4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one LiS4 tetrahedra, corners with four ZnS4 tetrahedra, and corners with four PS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–S bond distances ranging from 2.40–2.46 Å. In the fourth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form LiS4 tetrahedra that share corners with three LiS4 tetrahedra, corners with four ZnS4 tetrahedra, and corners with four PS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–Smore » bond distances ranging from 2.37–2.42 Å. In the fifth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form LiS4 tetrahedra that share corners with four PS4 tetrahedra and corners with seven LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–S bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.46 Å. In the sixth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form LiS4 tetrahedra that share corners with four PS4 tetrahedra and corners with five LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–S bond distances ranging from 2.46–2.51 Å. In the seventh Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form LiS4 tetrahedra that share corners with four PS4 tetrahedra and corners with five LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–S bond distances ranging from 2.41–2.46 Å. In the eighth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form LiS4 tetrahedra that share corners with four PS4 tetrahedra and corners with seven LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–S bond distances ranging from 2.38–2.42 Å. There are two inequivalent Zn2+ sites. In the first Zn2+ site, Zn2+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form ZnS4 tetrahedra that share corners with four PS4 tetrahedra and corners with five LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Zn–S bond distances ranging from 2.36–2.40 Å. In the second Zn2+ site, Zn2+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form ZnS4 tetrahedra that share corners with four PS4 tetrahedra and corners with seven LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Zn–S bond distances ranging from 2.34–2.38 Å. There are four inequivalent P5+ sites. In the first P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form PS4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent ZnS4 tetrahedra and corners with eight LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of P–S bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.12 Å. In the second P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form PS4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent ZnS4 tetrahedra and corners with eight LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of P–S bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.12 Å. In the third P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form PS4 tetrahedra that share corners with two ZnS4 tetrahedra and corners with eight LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of P–S bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.12 Å. In the fourth P5+ site, P5+ is bonded to four S2- atoms to form PS4 tetrahedra that share corners with two ZnS4 tetrahedra and corners with eight LiS4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of P–S bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.12 Å. There are sixteen inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li1+, one Zn2+, and one P5+ atom. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Zn2+, and one P5+ atom to form corner-sharing SLi2ZnP tetrahedra. In the third S2- site, S2- is bonded to three Li1+ and one P5+ atom to form corner-sharing SLi3P tetrahedra. In the fourth S2- site, S2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the fifth S2- site, S2- is bonded to three Li1+ and one P5+ atom to form corner-sharing SLi3P tetrahedra. In the sixth S2- site, S2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the seventh S2- site, S2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li1+, one Zn2+, and one P5+ atom. In the eighth S2- site, S2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Zn2+, and one P5+ atom to form corner-sharing SLi2ZnP tetrahedra. In the ninth S2- site, S2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li1+, one Zn2+, and one P5+ atom. In the tenth S2- site, S2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Zn2+, and one P5+ atom to form corner-sharing SLi2ZnP tetrahedra. In the eleventh S2- site, S2- is bonded to three Li1+ and one P5+ atom to form corner-sharing SLi3P tetrahedra. In the twelfth S2- site, S2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the thirteenth S2- site, S2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two Li1+ and one P5+ atom. In the fourteenth S2- site, S2- is bonded to three Li1+ and one P5+ atom to form corner-sharing SLi3P tetrahedra. In the fifteenth S2- site, S2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Zn2+, and one P5+ atom to form corner-sharing SLi2ZnP tetrahedra. In the sixteenth S2- site, S2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Li1+, one Zn2+, and one P5+ atom.« less

Authors:

The Materials Project

Publication Date:

2020-07-15

Other Number(s):

mp-1147734

DOE Contract Number:  

AC02-05CH11231; EDCBEE

Research Org.:

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). LBNL Materials Project

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Collaborations:

MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain

Subject:

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Keywords:

crystal structure; Li4Zn(PS4)2; Li-P-S-Zn

OSTI Identifier:

1666931

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17188/1666931