Materials Data on Cs3Li2Cl5 by Materials Project
Cs3Li2Cl5 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Cs1+ sites. In the first Cs1+ site, Cs1+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of Cs–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.54–3.73 Å. In the second Cs1+ site, Cs1+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of Cs–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.58–3.71 Å. Li1+ is bonded to four Cl1- atoms to form corner-sharing LiCl4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.36–2.44 Å. There are three inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two equivalent Cs1+ and three equivalent Li1+ atoms. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to six Cs1+ and one Li1+ atom. In the third Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight Cs1+ atoms.