The compound described by Li10CoNi9O20 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are ten inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(20), one O(5), two equivalent O(10), and two equivalent O(17) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-10°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(7), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(16) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(12), one O(6), two equivalent O(15), and two equivalent O(19) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-10°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(8), one O(9), two equivalent O(13), and two equivalent O(18) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-12°. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to one O(17), one O(4), two equivalent O(14), and two equivalent O(20) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(9)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. In the sixth Li site, Li(6) is bonded to one O(18), one O(3), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. In the seventh Li site, Li(7) is bonded to one O(10), one O(16), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(8)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-11°. In the eighth Li site, Li(8) is bonded to one O(11), one O(14), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-12°. In the ninth Li site, Li(9) is bonded to one O(15), one O(2), two equivalent O(12), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(8)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. In the tenth Li site, Li(10) is bonded to one O(13), one O(19), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(9)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-10°. Co(1) is bonded to one O(10), one O(9), two equivalent O(19), and two equivalent O(20) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. There are nine inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(8), two equivalent O(17), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(8)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-8°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(18), one O(20), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(10)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(19), two equivalent O(10), and two equivalent O(12) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(10)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. In the fourth Ni site, Ni(4) is bonded to one O(2), one O(4), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(18) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(9)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. In the fifth Ni site, Ni(5) is bonded to one O(3), one O(7), two equivalent O(14), and two equivalent O(15) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-10°. In the sixth Ni site, Ni(6) is bonded to one O(5), one O(6), two equivalent O(13), and two equivalent O(16) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-12°. In the seventh Ni site, Ni(7) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(8)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-10°. In the eighth Ni site, Ni(8) is bonded to one O(15), one O(16), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(9)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(10)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-12°. In the ninth Ni site, Ni(9) is bonded to one O(13), one O(17), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(10)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. There are twenty inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Li(7), one Ni(3), and two equivalent Ni(7) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(9), two equivalent Li(6), one Ni(4), and two equivalent Ni(7) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(6), two equivalent Li(9), one Ni(5), and two equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(5), two equivalent Li(8), one Ni(4), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), two equivalent Li(7), one Ni(6), and two equivalent Ni(9) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(10), one Ni(6), and two equivalent Ni(8) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Li(8), one Ni(5), and two equivalent Ni(8) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Li(6), one Ni(1), and two equivalent Ni(9) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Li(10), one Co(1), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form OLi3CoNi2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Li(7), two equivalent Li(1), one Co(1), and two equivalent Ni(3) atoms to form OLi3CoNi2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-4°. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded to one Li(8), two equivalent Li(2), one Ni(7), and two equivalent Ni(4) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(9), one Ni(7), and two equivalent Ni(3) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded to one Li(10), two equivalent Li(4), one Ni(9), and two equivalent Ni(6) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded to one Li(8), two equivalent Li(5), one Ni(1), and two equivalent Ni(5) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded to one Li(9), two equivalent Li(3), one Ni(8), and two equivalent Ni(5) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded to one Li(7), two equivalent Li(2), one Ni(8), and two equivalent Ni(6) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the seventeenth O site, O(17) is bonded to one Li(5), two equivalent Li(1), one Ni(9), and two equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the eighteenth O site, O(18) is bonded to one Li(6), two equivalent Li(4), one Ni(2), and two equivalent Ni(4) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the nineteenth O site, O(19) is bonded to one Li(10), two equivalent Li(3), two equivalent Co(1), and one Ni(3) atom to form OLi3Co2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the twentieth O site, O(20) is bonded to one Li(1), two equivalent Li(5), two equivalent Co(1), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Co2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_Li10CoNi9O20
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_cell_angle_alpha   113.756
_cell_angle_beta   90.452
_cell_angle_gamma   97.477
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   337.696
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  Li  Li0  1  0.011  0.999  0.750  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.789  0.600  0.351  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.586  0.199  0.451  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.800  0.600  0.852  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.599  0.199  0.949  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.394  0.801  0.049  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.405  0.800  0.549  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.201  0.401  0.148  1.0
  Li  Li8  1  0.996  0.000  0.249  1.0
  Li  Li9  1  0.208  0.401  0.651  1.0
  Co  Co10  1  0.622  0.200  0.700  1.0
  Ni  Ni11  1  1.000  0.001  1.000  1.0
  Ni  Ni12  1  0.200  0.401  0.899  1.0
  Ni  Ni13  1  0.992  0.999  0.502  1.0
  Ni  Ni14  1  0.797  0.601  0.099  1.0
  Ni  Ni15  1  0.569  0.201  0.200  1.0
  Ni  Ni16  1  0.824  0.600  0.600  1.0
  Ni  Ni17  1  0.393  0.801  0.300  1.0
  Ni  Ni18  1  0.173  0.399  0.400  1.0
  Ni  Ni19  1  0.431  0.800  0.800  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.852  0.807  0.421  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.934  0.793  0.179  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.468  0.010  0.122  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.661  0.409  0.020  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.968  0.791  0.678  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.727  0.408  0.523  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.625  0.390  0.279  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.887  0.810  0.923  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.738  0.392  0.778  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.546  0.008  0.622  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.348  0.609  0.220  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.438  0.993  0.381  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.377  0.609  0.721  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.109  0.192  0.077  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.032  0.208  0.322  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.267  0.590  0.477  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.534  0.992  0.877  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.247  0.594  0.979  1.0
  O  O38  1  0.119  0.193  0.586  1.0
  O  O39  1  0.133  0.207  0.815  1.0
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The compound described by Li10CoNi9O20 is Caswellsilverite-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. There are ten inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(20), one O(5), two equivalent O(10), and two equivalent O(17) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-10°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(7), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(16) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(12), one O(6), two equivalent O(15), and two equivalent O(19) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-10°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to one O(8), one O(9), two equivalent O(13), and two equivalent O(18) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-12°. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to one O(17), one O(4), two equivalent O(14), and two equivalent O(20) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(9)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. In the sixth Li site, Li(6) is bonded to one O(18), one O(3), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. In the seventh Li site, Li(7) is bonded to one O(10), one O(16), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(8)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-11°. In the eighth Li site, Li(8) is bonded to one O(11), one O(14), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-12°. In the ninth Li site, Li(9) is bonded to one O(15), one O(2), two equivalent O(12), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(8)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. In the tenth Li site, Li(10) is bonded to one O(13), one O(19), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Ni(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(9)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-10°. Co(1) is bonded to one O(10), one O(9), two equivalent O(19), and two equivalent O(20) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. There are nine inequivalent Ni sites. In the first Ni site, Ni(1) is bonded to one O(14), one O(8), two equivalent O(17), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(8)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-8°. In the second Ni site, Ni(2) is bonded to one O(18), one O(20), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(10)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-9°. In the third Ni site, Ni(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(19), two equivalent O(10), and two equivalent O(12) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(10)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. In the fourth Ni site, Ni(4) is bonded to one O(2), one O(4), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(18) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(9)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. In the fifth Ni site, Ni(5) is bonded to one O(3), one O(7), two equivalent O(14), and two equivalent O(15) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-10°. In the sixth Ni site, Ni(6) is bonded to one O(5), one O(6), two equivalent O(13), and two equivalent O(16) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-12°. In the seventh Ni site, Ni(7) is bonded to one O(11), one O(12), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(8)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(9)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(4)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(7)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-10°. In the eighth Ni site, Ni(8) is bonded to one O(15), one O(16), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(7)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(9)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(10)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(8)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(10)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(8)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(8)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-12°. In the ninth Ni site, Ni(9) is bonded to one O(13), one O(17), two equivalent O(5), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(10)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(6)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(7)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(6)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(7)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(6)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Ni(9)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-11°. There are twenty inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Li(7), one Ni(3), and two equivalent Ni(7) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(9), two equivalent Li(6), one Ni(4), and two equivalent Ni(7) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(6), two equivalent Li(9), one Ni(5), and two equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(5), two equivalent Li(8), one Ni(4), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(1), two equivalent Li(7), one Ni(6), and two equivalent Ni(9) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(10), one Ni(6), and two equivalent Ni(8) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Li(8), one Ni(5), and two equivalent Ni(8) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-8°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Li(6), one Ni(1), and two equivalent Ni(9) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(4), two equivalent Li(10), one Co(1), and two equivalent Ni(2) atoms to form OLi3CoNi2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to one Li(7), two equivalent Li(1), one Co(1), and two equivalent Ni(3) atoms to form OLi3CoNi2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-4°. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded to one Li(8), two equivalent Li(2), one Ni(7), and two equivalent Ni(4) atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing OLi3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(9), one Ni(7), and two equivalent Ni(3) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the thirteenth O site, O(13) is bonded to one Li(10), two equivalent Li(4), one Ni(9), and two equivalent Ni(6) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the fourteenth O site, O(14) is bonded to one Li(8), two equivalent Li(5), one Ni(1), and two equivalent Ni(5) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-5°. In the fifteenth O site, O(15) is bonded to one Li(9), two equivalent Li(3), one Ni(8), and two equivalent Ni(5) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the sixteenth O site, O(16) is bonded to one Li(7), two equivalent Li(2), one Ni(8), and two equivalent Ni(6) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(16)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the seventeenth O site, O(17) is bonded to one Li(5), two equivalent Li(1), one Ni(9), and two equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the eighteenth O site, O(18) is bonded to one Li(6), two equivalent Li(4), one Ni(2), and two equivalent Ni(4) atoms to form OLi3Ni3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(11)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-6°. In the nineteenth O site, O(19) is bonded to one Li(10), two equivalent Li(3), two equivalent Co(1), and one Ni(3) atom to form OLi3Co2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(13)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(15)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(12)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. In the twentieth O site, O(20) is bonded to one Li(1), two equivalent Li(5), two equivalent Co(1), and one Ni(2) atom to form OLi3Co2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(18)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Ni3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(19)Li3Co2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(14)Li3Ni3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(20)Li3Co2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)Li3CoNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(17)Li3Ni3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Ni3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-7°. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
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  Li  Li1  1  0.789  0.600  0.351  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.586  0.199  0.451  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.800  0.600  0.852  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.599  0.199  0.949  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.394  0.801  0.049  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.405  0.800  0.549  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.201  0.401  0.148  1.0
  Li  Li8  1  0.996  0.000  0.249  1.0
  Li  Li9  1  0.208  0.401  0.651  1.0
  Co  Co10  1  0.622  0.200  0.700  1.0
  Ni  Ni11  1  1.000  0.001  1.000  1.0
  Ni  Ni12  1  0.200  0.401  0.899  1.0
  Ni  Ni13  1  0.992  0.999  0.502  1.0
  Ni  Ni14  1  0.797  0.601  0.099  1.0
  Ni  Ni15  1  0.569  0.201  0.200  1.0
  Ni  Ni16  1  0.824  0.600  0.600  1.0
  Ni  Ni17  1  0.393  0.801  0.300  1.0
  Ni  Ni18  1  0.173  0.399  0.400  1.0
  Ni  Ni19  1  0.431  0.800  0.800  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.852  0.807  0.421  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.934  0.793  0.179  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.468  0.010  0.122  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.661  0.409  0.020  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.968  0.791  0.678  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.727  0.408  0.523  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.625  0.390  0.279  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.887  0.810  0.923  1.0
  O  O28  1  0.738  0.392  0.778  1.0
  O  O29  1  0.546  0.008  0.622  1.0
  O  O30  1  0.348  0.609  0.220  1.0
  O  O31  1  0.438  0.993  0.381  1.0
  O  O32  1  0.377  0.609  0.721  1.0
  O  O33  1  0.109  0.192  0.077  1.0
  O  O34  1  0.032  0.208  0.322  1.0
  O  O35  1  0.267  0.590  0.477  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.534  0.992  0.877  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.247  0.594  0.979  1.0
  O  O38  1  0.119  0.193  0.586  1.0
  O  O39  1  0.133  0.207  0.815  1.0
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