Materials Data on LiYb2Cl5 by Materials Project
LiYb2Cl5 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Li1+ is bonded to six Cl1- atoms to form corner-sharing LiCl6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 39°. There are a spread of Li–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.48–2.61 Å. Yb2+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of Yb–Cl bond distances ranging from 2.72–3.11 Å. There are three inequivalent Cl1- sites. In the first Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li1+ and three equivalent Yb2+ atoms. In the second Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded to four equivalent Yb2+ atoms to form distorted edge-sharing ClYb4 tetrahedra. In the third Cl1- site, Cl1- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Li1+ and three equivalent Yb2+ atoms.