Materials Data on Li3CuB3O7 by Materials Project
Li3CuB3O7 crystallizes in the triclinic P-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 distorted LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent LiO4 tetrahedra and a cornercorner with one LiO5 trigonal bipyramid. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.99–2.11 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form distorted LiO5 trigonal bipyramids that share a cornercorner with one LiO4 tetrahedra and corners with two equivalent LiO5 trigonal bipyramids. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 2.03–2.25 Å. In the third Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five O2- atoms. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.98–2.39 Å. Cu2+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.93–1.95 Å. There are three inequivalent B3+ sites. In the first B3+ site, B3+ is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three O2- atoms. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.36–1.45 Å. In the second B3+ site, B3+ is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three O2- atoms. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.36–1.39 Å. In the third B3+ site, B3+ is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three O2- atoms. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.36–1.43 Å. There are seven inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Li1+, one Cu2+, and one B3+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Cu2+ and one B3+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Li1+, one Cu2+, and one B3+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Li1+ and one B3+ atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OLi4B trigonal bipyramids. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Li1+ and two B3+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Li1+ and two B3+ atoms. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Li1+ and one B3+ atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OLi4B trigonal bipyramids.