The material structure described by Li3CoO3 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4_2/mnm space group. There are two inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1) and three equivalent O(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing LiO4 trigonal pyramids. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing LiO4 tetrahedra. Co(1) is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to two equivalent O(1) and two equivalent O(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to two equivalent Li(1), two equivalent Li(2), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms to form distorted OLi4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li4Co trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent O(2)Li4Co trigonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 48°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(2), three equivalent Li(1), and one Co(1) atom to form OLi4Co trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(2)Li4Co trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li4Co trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 5°. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li3CoO3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.739
_cell_length_b   8.739
_cell_length_c   3.624
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   276.719
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
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  0.357  0.104  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.604  0.143  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.165  0.165  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.665  0.335  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.104  0.357  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.857  0.396  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.143  0.604  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.896  0.643  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li8  1  0.335  0.665  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li9  1  0.835  0.835  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li10  1  0.396  0.857  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li11  1  0.643  0.896  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co12  1  0.885  0.115  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co13  1  0.385  0.385  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co14  1  0.615  0.615  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co15  1  0.115  0.885  0.500  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.099  0.099  0.500  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.679  0.111  0.500  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.389  0.179  0.000  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.889  0.321  0.500  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.179  0.389  0.000  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.599  0.401  0.000  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.401  0.599  0.000  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.821  0.611  0.000  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.111  0.679  0.500  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.611  0.821  0.000  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.321  0.889  0.500  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.901  0.901  0.500  1.0
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The material structure described by Li3CoO3 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4_2/mnm space group. There are two inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1) and three equivalent O(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing LiO4 trigonal pyramids. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to two equivalent O(1) and two equivalent O(2) atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing LiO4 tetrahedra. Co(1) is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to two equivalent O(1) and two equivalent O(2) atoms. There are two inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to two equivalent Li(1), two equivalent Li(2), and two equivalent Co(1) atoms to form distorted OLi4Co2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent O(2)Li4Co trigonal bipyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent O(2)Li4Co trigonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 48°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(2), three equivalent Li(1), and one Co(1) atom to form OLi4Co trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(2)Li4Co trigonal bipyramids, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li4Co2 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li4Co trigonal bipyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 5°. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li3CoO3
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.739
_cell_length_b   8.739
_cell_length_c   3.624
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   276.719
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
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  0.357  0.104  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.604  0.143  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.165  0.165  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.665  0.335  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.104  0.357  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.857  0.396  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.143  0.604  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.896  0.643  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li8  1  0.335  0.665  0.500  1.0
  Li  Li9  1  0.835  0.835  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li10  1  0.396  0.857  0.000  1.0
  Li  Li11  1  0.643  0.896  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co12  1  0.885  0.115  0.500  1.0
  Co  Co13  1  0.385  0.385  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co14  1  0.615  0.615  0.000  1.0
  Co  Co15  1  0.115  0.885  0.500  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.099  0.099  0.500  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.679  0.111  0.500  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.389  0.179  0.000  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.889  0.321  0.500  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.179  0.389  0.000  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.599  0.401  0.000  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.401  0.599  0.000  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.821  0.611  0.000  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.111  0.679  0.500  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.611  0.821  0.000  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.321  0.889  0.500  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.901  0.901  0.500  1.0
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