DOE OSTI2020
KMn2O4 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eight inequivalent K1+ sites. In the first K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.65 Å. In the second K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.64 Å. In the third K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.65 Å. In the fourth K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.64 Å. In the fifth K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.65 Å. In the sixth K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.65 Å. In the seventh K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.65 Å. In the eighth K1+ site, K1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of K–O bond distances ranging from 2.41–2.65 Å. There are sixteen inequivalent Mn+3.50+ sites. In the first Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–53°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.32 Å. In the second Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–50°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.13 Å. In the third Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–50°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.13 Å. In the fourth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–52°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.32 Å. In the fifth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–52°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.34 Å. In the sixth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–50°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.14 Å. In the seventh Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–50°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.13 Å. In the eighth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–52°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.33 Å. In the ninth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–50°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.13 Å. In the tenth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–52°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.33 Å. In the eleventh Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–52°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.33 Å. In the twelfth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–50°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.15 Å. In the thirteenth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–53°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.34 Å. In the fourteenth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–50°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.12 Å. In the fifteenth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 46–50°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–2.13 Å. In the sixteenth Mn+3.50+ site, Mn+3.50+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing MnO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 50–52°. There are a spread of Mn–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.33 Å. There are thirty-two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to one K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OKMn3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with five OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Mn+3.50+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Mn+3.50+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OKMn3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with five OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Mn+3.50+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OKMn3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with five OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to one K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OKMn3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with five OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Mn+3.50+ atoms. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OKMn3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with five OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Mn+3.50+ atoms. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Mn+3.50+ atoms. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OKMn3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with five OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OKMn3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with five OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Mn+3.50+ atoms. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to three Mn+3.50+ atoms. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to one K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OKMn3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with three OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with five OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, corners with three OKMn3 trigonal pyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and edges with two OKMn3 trigonal pyramids. In the twenty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to two K1+ and three Mn+3.50+ atoms to form distorted OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids that share corners with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, edges with four OK2Mn3 trigonal bipyramids, and