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O4-LiCoO₂ CoLiO₂
Hexagonal · space group P63mc (No. 186) · Pearson hP16
Symmetry elements and Wyckoff positions (interactive)
O4-LiCoO₂ in P63mc
SettingUnit cell
- Lattice constants
- a = 2.813 Å, b = 2.813 Å, c = 18.860 Å; α = 90.00°, β = 90.00°, γ = 120.00°
- Cell volume
- 129.2 ų
- Atoms in the conventional cell
- 16 (Co 4, Li 4, O 8)
- Formula units Z
- 4
- Pearson symbol
- hP16 — hexagonal / trigonal, primitive lattice, 16 atoms per conventional cell
- Symmetry operations
- 12 per cell
Crystallographic sites
| Site | Element | Wyckoff | Multiplicity | x | y | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co1 | Co | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 |
| Li2 | Li | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.3740 |
| O3 | O | 2a | 2 | 0.0000 | 0.0000 | 0.1940 |
| Co4 | Co | 2b | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.2480 |
| Li5 | Li | 2b | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.6240 |
| O6 | O | 2b | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.0540 |
| O7 | O | 2b | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.8020 |
| O8 | O | 2b | 2 | 0.3333 | 0.6667 | 0.4460 |
The multiplicity and the Wyckoff letter say how many copies of the site the group makes in one cell and on which kind of symmetry element the site sits; the 16 atoms drawn above are these sites multiplied by all 12 operations. Press Wyckoff under Colour to see the sites, and tick a symmetry element on the left to see which atoms lie on it.
How to read the label
ABC2_hP16_186_ab_ab_a3b-001: the stoichiometry comes first (A, B, C… are the elements in alphabetical order of their site labels), then the Pearson symbol hP16, then the space-group number 186, then the Wyckoff letters occupied by each element in turn (Co: 2a; Li: 2a; O: 2a; Co: 2b; Li: 2b; O: 2b; O: 2b; O: 2b). Two structures with the same label are the same arrangement with different cell parameters or coordinates.
Note: O4-LiCoO₂.
Source
Coordinates and cell from the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes, entry ABC2_hP16_186_ab_ab_a3b-001 (M. J. Mehl et al., Comput. Mater. Sci. 136, S1 (2017); D. Hicks et al., ibid. 161, S1 (2019) and 199, 110450 (2021); S. Eckert et al., ibid. 240, 112988 (2024)). Symmetry elements, Wyckoff assignment and the diagram are computed on this page from the group operations.
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