Materials Data on LiBi3(ClO2)2 by Materials Project
LiBi3O4Cl2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Cmcm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Li1+ is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to four equivalent O2- atoms. All Li–O bond lengths are 2.05 Å. There are two inequivalent Bi3+ sites. In the first Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent O2- and four Cl1- atoms. There are two shorter (2.25 Å) and two longer (2.26 Å) Bi–O bond lengths. There are a spread of Bi–Cl bond distances ranging from 3.33–3.42 Å. In the second Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent O2- and four Cl1- atoms. All Bi–O bond lengths are 2.28 Å. There are two shorter (3.21 Å) and two longer (3.29 Å) Bi–Cl bond lengths. O2- is bonded to one Li1+ and three Bi3+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing OLiBi3 tetrahedra. There are two inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six Bi3+ atoms. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six Bi3+ atoms.