The material described by Li4V3Ni3(SbO8)2 is Spinel-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(12), one O(3), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-66°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(5), one O(7), and two equivalent O(11) atoms. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(4), one O(8), and two equivalent O(1) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-67°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-63°. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(5), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(12), one O(5), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-53°. There are two inequivalent Sb sites. In the first Sb site, Sb(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(8), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-53°. In the second Sb site, Sb(2) is bonded to one O(12), one O(7), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are twelve inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(2), one Ni(2), and one Sb(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent V(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLiV2Sb tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), two equivalent V(1), and one Ni(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent V(1), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLiV2Ni tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)LiV2Sb tetrahedra and corners with four equivalent O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to one Li(2), one V(2), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(4), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLiVNiSb tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiV2Sb tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)LiV2Sb tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), two equivalent V(1), and one Sb(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sb(1) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(2), one Ni(2), and one Sb(2) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one V(2), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Sb(2) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sb(2) atom. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li4V3Ni3(SbO8)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.957
_cell_length_b   5.957
_cell_length_c   9.691
_cell_angle_alpha   89.512
_cell_angle_beta   89.512
_cell_angle_gamma   59.677
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   296.844
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Li  Li0  1  0.662  0.662  0.108  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.997  0.997  0.016  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.001  0.001  0.503  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.331  0.331  0.594  1.0
  V  V4  1  0.343  0.832  0.783  1.0
  V  V5  1  0.832  0.343  0.783  1.0
  V  V6  1  0.174  0.174  0.280  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.830  0.830  0.789  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.171  0.658  0.288  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.658  0.171  0.288  1.0
  Sb  Sb10  1  0.671  0.671  0.505  1.0
  Sb  Sb11  1  0.340  0.340  0.016  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.336  0.835  0.407  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.518  0.518  0.660  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.649  0.649  0.892  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.010  0.010  0.696  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.012  0.012  0.202  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.835  0.336  0.407  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.509  0.959  0.658  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.959  0.509  0.658  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.167  0.167  0.898  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.838  0.838  0.411  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.032  0.473  0.148  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.473  0.032  0.148  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.315  0.315  0.394  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.169  0.673  0.904  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.482  0.482  0.152  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.673  0.169  0.904  1.0
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The material described by Li4V3Ni3(SbO8)2 is Spinel-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(12), one O(3), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-66°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one O(5), one O(7), and two equivalent O(11) atoms. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(4), one O(8), and two equivalent O(1) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-67°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(10), one O(2), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-63°. There are two inequivalent V sites. In the first V site, V(1) is bonded to one O(11), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. In the second V site, V(2) is bonded to one O(10), one O(5), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form VO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 53°. There are two inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(10), one O(12), one O(5), one O(8), and one O(9) atom to form NiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Sb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Sb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-53°. There are two inequivalent Sb sites. In the first Sb site, Sb(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(8), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-53°. In the second Sb site, Sb(2) is bonded to one O(12), one O(7), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form SbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are twelve inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one V(2), one Ni(2), and one Sb(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent V(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLiV2Sb tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), two equivalent V(1), and one Ni(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent V(1), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLiV2Ni tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)LiV2Sb tetrahedra and corners with four equivalent O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to one Li(2), one V(2), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(4), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Sb(1) atom to form distorted OLiVNiSb tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiV2Sb tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)LiV2Ni tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)LiV2Sb tetrahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(6)LiVNiSb tetrahedra. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), two equivalent V(1), and one Sb(2) atom. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sb(1) atom. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one V(2), one Ni(2), and one Sb(2) atom. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one V(2), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one V(1), one Ni(1), and one Sb(2) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), two equivalent Ni(2), and one Sb(2) atom. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li4V3Ni3(SbO8)2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   5.957
_cell_length_b   5.957
_cell_length_c   9.691
_cell_angle_alpha   89.512
_cell_angle_beta   89.512
_cell_angle_gamma   59.677
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   296.844
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Li  Li0  1  0.662  0.662  0.108  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.997  0.997  0.016  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.001  0.001  0.503  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.331  0.331  0.594  1.0
  V  V4  1  0.343  0.832  0.783  1.0
  V  V5  1  0.832  0.343  0.783  1.0
  V  V6  1  0.174  0.174  0.280  1.0
  Ni  Ni7  1  0.830  0.830  0.789  1.0
  Ni  Ni8  1  0.171  0.658  0.288  1.0
  Ni  Ni9  1  0.658  0.171  0.288  1.0
  Sb  Sb10  1  0.671  0.671  0.505  1.0
  Sb  Sb11  1  0.340  0.340  0.016  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.336  0.835  0.407  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.518  0.518  0.660  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.649  0.649  0.892  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.010  0.010  0.696  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.012  0.012  0.202  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.835  0.336  0.407  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.509  0.959  0.658  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.959  0.509  0.658  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.167  0.167  0.898  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.838  0.838  0.411  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.032  0.473  0.148  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.473  0.032  0.148  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.315  0.315  0.394  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.169  0.673  0.904  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.482  0.482  0.152  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.673  0.169  0.904  1.0
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