Materials Data on Li3ZrO3 by Materials Project
Li3ZrO3 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4_2/mnm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Li1+ sites. In the first Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing LiO4 trigonal pyramids. There are a spread of Li–O bond distances ranging from 1.95–2.41 Å. In the second Li1+ site, Li1+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing LiO4 tetrahedra. There are two shorter (1.98 Å) and two longer (2.03 Å) Li–O bond lengths. Zr3+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There are two shorter (2.02 Å) and two longer (2.17 Å) Zr–O bond lengths. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four Li1+ and two equivalent Zr3+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Li1+ and one Zr3+ atom to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLi4Zr trigonal bipyramids.