DOE OSTI2020
Li5Sm3(SbO6)2 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are twenty inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.81–2.38 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.87–2.43 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four SbO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–52°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.91–1.98 Å. In the fourth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.79–2.43 Å. In the fifth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.82–2.16 Å. In the sixth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.80–2.52 Å. In the seventh Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.88–2.71 Å. In the eighth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.83–2.52 Å. In the ninth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.81–2.36 Å. In the tenth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.84–2.19 Å. In the eleventh Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four SbO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 43–54°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.85–1.98 Å. In the twelfth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.86–2.65 Å. In the thirteenth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.87–2.74 Å. In the fourteenth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four SbO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–53°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.88–1.95 Å. In the fifteenth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.81–2.26 Å. In the sixteenth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.84–2.74 Å. In the seventeenth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four SbO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–52°. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.88–1.96 Å. In the eighteenth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.87–2.75 Å. In the nineteenth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.82–2.41 Å. In the twentieth Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.83–2.15 Å. There are twelve inequivalent Sm3+ sites. In the first Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.39–2.63 Å. In the second Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.38–2.65 Å. In the third Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.37–2.58 Å. In the fourth Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.38–2.64 Å. In the fifth Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.37–2.66 Å. In the sixth Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.66 Å. In the seventh Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.60 Å. In the eighth Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.67 Å. In the ninth Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.36–2.60 Å. In the tenth Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.33–2.68 Å. In the eleventh Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.81 Å. In the twelfth Sm3+ site, Sm3+ is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–2.62 Å. There are eight inequivalent Sb5+ sites. In the first Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Sb–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.04 Å. In the second Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Sb–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.04 Å. In the third Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Sb–O bond distances ranging from 1.99–2.05 Å. In the fourth Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Sb–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.06 Å. In the fifth Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Sb–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.03 Å. In the sixth Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with three LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Sb–O bond distances ranging from 2.01–2.04 Å. In the seventh Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra. There are four shorter (2.02 Å) and two longer (2.03 Å) Sb–O bond lengths. In the eighth Sb5+ site, Sb5+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Sb–O bond distances ranging from 2.02–2.04 Å. There are forty-eight inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLiSm2Sb tetrahedra. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiSm2Sb tetrahedra. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiSm2Sb tetrahedra. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLiSm2Sb tetrahedra. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom to form distorted corner-sharing OLiSm2Sb tetrahedra. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the twenty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the twenty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the twenty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the twenty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the twenty-ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirtieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the thirty-ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted octahedral geometry to three Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the fortieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two Li1+, two Sm3+, and one Sb5+ atom. In the forty-fir