The crystal structure described by Li3Co2O5 is Caswellsilverite-like structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 6-9°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(1) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 10°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-11°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(1) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 10-11°. There are two inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-7°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-10°. There are three inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom to form OLi4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra, and edges with five equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(4), two equivalent Li(1), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms to form OLi4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), two equivalent Li(3), one Co(1), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form OLi3Co3 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra, edges with five equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-8°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li3Co2O5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.599
_cell_length_b   7.599
_cell_length_c   5.064
_cell_angle_alpha   83.704
_cell_angle_beta   83.704
_cell_angle_gamma   141.475
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   171.796
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
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 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
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  Li  Li0  1  0.098  0.902  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.902  0.098  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.302  0.698  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.698  0.302  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.597  0.403  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co7  1  0.403  0.597  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  0.804  0.196  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co9  1  0.196  0.804  0.000  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.367  0.159  0.778  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.717  0.717  0.777  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.159  0.367  0.778  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.537  0.925  0.773  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.925  0.537  0.773  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.841  0.633  0.222  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.283  0.283  0.223  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.633  0.841  0.222  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.075  0.463  0.227  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.463  0.075  0.227  1.0
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The crystal structure described by Li3Co2O5 is Caswellsilverite-like structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. There are four inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 6-9°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(1) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 10°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-11°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(2) and four equivalent O(1) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 10-11°. There are two inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 2-7°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and four equivalent O(3) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 7-10°. There are three inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Co(1), and one Co(2) atom to form OLi4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, edges with four equivalent O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra, and edges with five equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(4), two equivalent Li(1), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms to form OLi4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra, and edges with eight equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-2°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), two equivalent Li(3), one Co(1), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form OLi3Co3 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li4Co2 octahedra, edges with five equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent O(3)Li3Co3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-8°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li3Co2O5
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   7.599
_cell_length_b   7.599
_cell_length_c   5.064
_cell_angle_alpha   83.704
_cell_angle_beta   83.704
_cell_angle_gamma   141.475
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   171.796
_cell_formula_units_Z   2
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
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 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
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  Li  Li0  1  0.098  0.902  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.500  0.500  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.902  0.098  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.302  0.698  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.698  0.302  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.000  0.000  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co6  1  0.597  0.403  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co7  1  0.403  0.597  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co8  1  0.804  0.196  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co9  1  0.196  0.804  0.000  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.367  0.159  0.778  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.717  0.717  0.777  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.159  0.367  0.778  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.537  0.925  0.773  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.925  0.537  0.773  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.841  0.633  0.222  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.283  0.283  0.223  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.633  0.841  0.222  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.075  0.463  0.227  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.463  0.075  0.227  1.0
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