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Materials Data on LiMg30BO32 by Materials Project

Abstract

LiMg30BO32 is Molybdenum Carbide MAX Phase-derived structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Li1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.17 Å) and four longer (2.21 Å) Li–O bond lengths. There are eight inequivalent Mg2+ sites. In the first Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent MgO6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent BO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.48 Å. In the second Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.09 Å) and four longer (2.13 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the third Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.10–2.17 Å. In the fourth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent BO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent MgO6 octahedra, and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are two shorter (2.10 Å) and four longer (2.11 Å) Mg–O bond lengths. In the fifth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one LiO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one BO6 octahedra, and edges with ten MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–20°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.15 Å. In the sixth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.11–2.14 Å. In the seventh Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one LiO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–7°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.09–2.16 Å. In the eighth Mg2+ site, Mg2+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form MgO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one BO6 octahedra, and edges with eleven MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–18°. There are a spread of Mg–O bond distances ranging from 2.08–2.16 Å. B3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form BO6 octahedra that share corners with six MgO6 octahedra and edges with twelve MgO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There is four shorter (1.75 Å) and two longer (2.16 Å) B–O bond length. There are twelve inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OLiMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six OLiMg5 octahedra and edges with ten OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to five Mg2+ and one B3+ atom to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg5B octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form OMg6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent OMg6 octahedra and edges with ten OLiMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–2°. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OLiMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to five Mg2+ and one B3+ atom. The O–Mg bond length is 2.48 Å. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to five Mg2+ and one B3+ atom. There are two shorter (2.15 Å) and two longer (2.16 Å) O–Mg bond lengths. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to six Mg2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OMg6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–1°. There are two shorter (2.12 Å) and two longer (2.13 Å) O–Mg bond lengths. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to five Mg2+ and one B3+ atom. Both O–Mg bond lengths are 2.16 Å. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and five Mg2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing OLiMg5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–5°. There are one shorter (2.01 Å) and four longer (2.11 Å) O–Mg bond lengths.

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2020-09-03. Materials Data on LiMg30BO32 by Materials Project. https://doi.org/10.17188/1756962

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