The material described by LiZn(CoO2)4 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. Li(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-48°. There are four inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(7), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form distorted CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, and  a faceface with one Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-51°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(4), one O(8), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Zn(1)O5 square pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-50°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(6), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-51°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to one O(3), one O(5), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Zn(1)O5 square pyramid, and  a faceface with one Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-50°. Zn(1) is bonded to one O(4), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form ZnO5 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, and  a faceface with one Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-55°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to two equivalent Li(1), one Co(3), and two equivalent Co(4) atoms to form distorted OLi2Co3 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramid, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Co(1), and two equivalent Co(3) atoms to form distorted OLiCo3 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids,  a cornercorner with one O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Co(4), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form distorted OLiCo3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids,  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramid. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Li(1), one Co(2), two equivalent Co(1), and one Zn(1) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Co(4) and two equivalent Co(1) atoms. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Co(3), two equivalent Co(2), and two equivalent Zn(1) atoms to form distorted OZn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramid, edges with two equivalent O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramid. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Co(1), two equivalent Co(4), and two equivalent Zn(1) atoms to form OZn2Co3 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids,  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramid, edges with two equivalent O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramid. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Co(2) and two equivalent Co(3) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_LiZn(CoO2)4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   2.905
_cell_length_b   7.454
_cell_length_c   7.398
_cell_angle_alpha   78.417
_cell_angle_beta   78.677
_cell_angle_gamma   78.805
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   151.884
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  Li  Li0  1  0.499  0.487  0.524  1.0
  Zn  Zn1  1  0.326  0.149  0.197  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.636  0.159  0.569  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.138  0.530  0.192  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.836  0.479  0.844  1.0
  Co  Co5  1  0.342  0.821  0.493  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.865  0.653  0.614  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.444  0.339  0.766  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.526  0.654  0.291  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.127  0.312  0.434  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.169  0.003  0.657  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.785  0.337  0.091  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.836  0.987  0.340  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.226  0.610  0.933  1.0
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The material described by LiZn(CoO2)4 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. Li(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(4) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra,  a faceface with one Co(1)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Co(4)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-48°. There are four inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(7), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form distorted CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, and  a faceface with one Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-51°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(4), one O(8), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form distorted CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and  a faceface with one Zn(1)O5 square pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 47-50°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(6), two equivalent O(2), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-51°. In the fourth Co site, Co(4) is bonded to one O(3), one O(5), two equivalent O(1), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Zn(1)O5 square pyramid, and  a faceface with one Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 44-50°. Zn(1) is bonded to one O(4), two equivalent O(6), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form ZnO5 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Zn(1)O5 square pyramids, and  a faceface with one Co(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-55°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to two equivalent Li(1), one Co(3), and two equivalent Co(4) atoms to form distorted OLi2Co3 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramids,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramid,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramid, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Co(1), and two equivalent Co(3) atoms to form distorted OLiCo3 trigonal pyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids,  a cornercorner with one O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids, and edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(1), one Co(4), and two equivalent Co(2) atoms to form distorted OLiCo3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids,  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramid. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Li(1), one Co(2), two equivalent Co(1), and one Zn(1) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Co(4) and two equivalent Co(1) atoms. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Co(3), two equivalent Co(2), and two equivalent Zn(1) atoms to form distorted OZn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramid, edges with two equivalent O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramid. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Co(1), two equivalent Co(4), and two equivalent Zn(1) atoms to form OZn2Co3 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramids, corners with two equivalent O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramids,  a cornercorner with one O(2)LiCo3 trigonal pyramid, corners with two equivalent O(3)LiCo3 trigonal pyramids,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li2Co3 square pyramid, edges with two equivalent O(7)Zn2Co3 square pyramids, and  an edgeedge with one O(6)Zn2Co3 trigonal bipyramid. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to one Co(2) and two equivalent Co(3) atoms. is represented by the Crystallographic Information File (CIF) [CIF]
data_LiZn(CoO2)4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   2.905
_cell_length_b   7.454
_cell_length_c   7.398
_cell_angle_alpha   78.417
_cell_angle_beta   78.677
_cell_angle_gamma   78.805
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   151.884
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  Li  Li0  1  0.499  0.487  0.524  1.0
  Zn  Zn1  1  0.326  0.149  0.197  1.0
  Co  Co2  1  0.636  0.159  0.569  1.0
  Co  Co3  1  0.138  0.530  0.192  1.0
  Co  Co4  1  0.836  0.479  0.844  1.0
  Co  Co5  1  0.342  0.821  0.493  1.0
  O  O6  1  0.865  0.653  0.614  1.0
  O  O7  1  0.444  0.339  0.766  1.0
  O  O8  1  0.526  0.654  0.291  1.0
  O  O9  1  0.127  0.312  0.434  1.0
  O  O10  1  0.169  0.003  0.657  1.0
  O  O11  1  0.785  0.337  0.091  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.836  0.987  0.340  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.226  0.610  0.933  1.0
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