The compound described by Li4Nb5V3O16 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 Nb(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Nb(3)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-63°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(5), one O(7), and two equivalent O(11) atoms to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Nb(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Nb(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 59-65°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(4), one O(8), and two equivalent O(1) atoms to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Nb(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Nb(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 57-64°. 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 Nb(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Nb(1)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-65°. There are four inequivalent Nb sites. In the first Nb site, Nb(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(8), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one Nb(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-56°. In the second Nb site, Nb(2) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Nb(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Nb(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. In the third Nb site, Nb(3) is bonded to one O(12), one O(7), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form NbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Nb(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. In the fourth Nb site, Nb(4) 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 NbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Nb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Nb(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. 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 Nb(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Nb(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Nb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. 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 Nb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Nb(3)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 49°. 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 Nb(1), one Nb(4), and one V(2) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(4), one Nb(1), and two equivalent V(1) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OLiNbV2 tetrahedra. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Nb(2), and two equivalent V(1) atoms. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), one Nb(2), and two equivalent V(1) atoms to form corner-sharing OLiNbV2 tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Nb(4), and one V(2) atom to form corner-sharing OLiNb2V tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one Nb(1), one Nb(2), and one V(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Nb(3), and two equivalent V(1) atoms. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Nb(1), and two equivalent Nb(4) atoms. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(1), one Nb(3), one Nb(4), and one V(2) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OLiNb2V tetrahedra. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), two equivalent Nb(4), and one V(2) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Nb(2), one Nb(3), and one V(1) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(1), one Nb(3), and two equivalent Nb(4) atoms. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li4Nb5V3O16
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.086
_cell_length_b   6.086
_cell_length_c   10.068
_cell_angle_alpha   89.862
_cell_angle_beta   89.862
_cell_angle_gamma   59.629
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   321.717
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Li  Li0  1  0.667  0.667  0.093  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.000  0.000  0.013  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.004  0.004  0.509  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.333  0.333  0.608  1.0
  Nb  Nb4  1  0.656  0.656  0.506  1.0
  Nb  Nb5  1  0.823  0.823  0.777  1.0
  Nb  Nb6  1  0.327  0.327  0.002  1.0
  Nb  Nb7  1  0.190  0.626  0.286  1.0
  Nb  Nb8  1  0.626  0.190  0.286  1.0
  V  V9  1  0.340  0.830  0.788  1.0
  V  V10  1  0.830  0.340  0.788  1.0
  V  V11  1  0.173  0.173  0.286  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.337  0.829  0.405  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.525  0.525  0.647  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.676  0.676  0.901  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.994  0.994  0.691  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.001  0.001  0.196  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.829  0.337  0.405  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.525  0.965  0.655  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.965  0.525  0.655  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.168  0.168  0.911  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.830  0.830  0.408  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.040  0.487  0.154  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.487  0.040  0.154  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.323  0.323  0.421  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.158  0.661  0.903  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.487  0.487  0.142  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.661  0.158  0.903  1.0
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The compound described by Li4Nb5V3O16 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 Nb(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Nb(3)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-63°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(5), one O(7), and two equivalent O(11) atoms to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Nb(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Nb(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 59-65°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(4), one O(8), and two equivalent O(1) atoms to form distorted LiO4 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one Nb(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Nb(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 57-64°. 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 Nb(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Nb(1)O6 octahedra, and corners with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 46-65°. There are four inequivalent Nb sites. In the first Nb site, Nb(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(8), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one Nb(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 49-56°. In the second Nb site, Nb(2) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form NbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Nb(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Nb(1)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. In the third Nb site, Nb(3) is bonded to one O(12), one O(7), two equivalent O(11), and two equivalent O(9) atoms to form NbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Nb(2)O6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one V(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. In the fourth Nb site, Nb(4) 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 NbO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Nb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Nb(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 55-56°. 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 Nb(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(4)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Nb(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Nb(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent V(1)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 51-52°. 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 Nb(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O4 tetrahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 trigonal pyramid,  an edgeedge with one Nb(3)O6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent Nb(4)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O4 trigonal pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 49°. 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 Nb(1), one Nb(4), and one V(2) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(4), one Nb(1), and two equivalent V(1) atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OLiNbV2 tetrahedra. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Nb(2), and two equivalent V(1) atoms. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(3), one Nb(2), and two equivalent V(1) atoms to form corner-sharing OLiNbV2 tetrahedra. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(2), two equivalent Nb(4), and one V(2) atom to form corner-sharing OLiNb2V tetrahedra. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), one Nb(1), one Nb(2), and one V(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Nb(3), and two equivalent V(1) atoms. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(3), one Nb(1), and two equivalent Nb(4) atoms. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to one Li(1), one Nb(3), one Nb(4), and one V(2) atom to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OLiNb2V tetrahedra. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(4), two equivalent Nb(4), and one V(2) atom. In the eleventh O site, O(11) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Nb(2), one Nb(3), and one V(1) atom. In the twelfth O site, O(12) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(1), one Nb(3), and two equivalent Nb(4) atoms. is represented by the CIF card [CIF]
data_Li4Nb5V3O16
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   6.086
_cell_length_b   6.086
_cell_length_c   10.068
_cell_angle_alpha   89.862
_cell_angle_beta   89.862
_cell_angle_gamma   59.629
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   321.717
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Li  Li0  1  0.667  0.667  0.093  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.000  0.000  0.013  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.004  0.004  0.509  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.333  0.333  0.608  1.0
  Nb  Nb4  1  0.656  0.656  0.506  1.0
  Nb  Nb5  1  0.823  0.823  0.777  1.0
  Nb  Nb6  1  0.327  0.327  0.002  1.0
  Nb  Nb7  1  0.190  0.626  0.286  1.0
  Nb  Nb8  1  0.626  0.190  0.286  1.0
  V  V9  1  0.340  0.830  0.788  1.0
  V  V10  1  0.830  0.340  0.788  1.0
  V  V11  1  0.173  0.173  0.286  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.337  0.829  0.405  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.525  0.525  0.647  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.676  0.676  0.901  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.994  0.994  0.691  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.001  0.001  0.196  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.829  0.337  0.405  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.525  0.965  0.655  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.965  0.525  0.655  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.168  0.168  0.911  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.830  0.830  0.408  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.040  0.487  0.154  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.487  0.040  0.154  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.323  0.323  0.421  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.158  0.661  0.903  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.487  0.487  0.142  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.661  0.158  0.903  1.0
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