Materials Data on Li2In by Materials Project
Li2In crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of two Li2In sheets oriented in the (0, 1, 0) direction. there are two inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li is bonded to four equivalent In atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing LiIn4 tetrahedra. There are two shorter (2.82 Å) and two longer (2.90 Å) Li–In bond lengths. In the second Li site, Li is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to two equivalent In atoms. Both Li–In bond lengths are 2.96 Å. In is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six Li atoms.