Materials Data on Li3AlGeO5 by Materials Project
Li3AlGeO5 is Stannite-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pna2_1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra, and corners with six LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.94–2.13 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one AlO4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra, and corners with seven LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.95–2.10 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra, corners with four equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra, and corners with five LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.92–2.06 Å. Al3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form AlO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra, and corners with eight LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Al–O bond distances ranging from 1.77–1.80 Å. Ge4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent AlO4 tetrahedra and corners with ten LiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Ge–O bond distances ranging from 1.74–1.83 Å. There are five inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Li1+, one Al3+, and one Ge4+ atom to form corner-sharing OLi2AlGe tetrahedra. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+ and two equivalent Al3+ atoms to form corner-sharing OLi2Al2 tetrahedra. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded to two Li1+, one Al3+, and one Ge4+ atom to form corner-sharing OLi2AlGe tetrahedra. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and one Ge4+ atom to form corner-sharing OLi3Ge tetrahedra. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to three Li1+ and one Ge4+ atom to form corner-sharing OLi3Ge tetrahedra.