Li4Cr3NiO8 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are five inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 6-7°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-5°. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-7°. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-5°. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. There are three inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(6), one O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-7°. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(6), one O(8), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. Ni(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(4), one O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-7°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Cr(2), one Cr(3), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(5), one Cr(1), one Cr(3), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(5), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(3) atoms to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(2), two equivalent Cr(1), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-3°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(5), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(2), and two equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form OLi3CrNi2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(1), one Cr(3), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-4°.
Li4Cr3NiO8 is alpha Po-derived structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P-1 space group. There are five inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(6), one O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 6-7°. The Li(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.07 Å. The Li(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.13 Å. The Li(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.16 Å. The Li(1)-O(7) bond length is 2.15 Å. There is one shorter (2.19 Å) and one longer (2.20 Å) Li(1)-O(8) bond length. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-5°. The Li(2)-O(1) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Li(2)-O(2) bond length is 2.18 Å. The Li(2)-O(3) bond length is 2.19 Å. The Li(2)-O(4) bond length is 2.13 Å. There is one shorter (2.16 Å) and one longer (2.18 Å) Li(2)-O(5) bond length. In the third Li site, Li(3) is bonded to one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form LiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-7°. The Li(3)-O(3) bond length is 2.16 Å. The Li(3)-O(4) bond length is 2.08 Å. The Li(3)-O(5) bond length is 2.12 Å. The Li(3)-O(6) bond length is 2.17 Å. The Li(3)-O(7) bond length is 2.15 Å. The Li(3)-O(8) bond length is 2.21 Å. In the fourth Li site, Li(4) is bonded to two equivalent O(1), two equivalent O(4), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-5°. Both Li(4)-O(1) bond lengths are 2.15 Å. Both Li(4)-O(4) bond lengths are 2.15 Å. Both Li(4)-O(7) bond lengths are 2.21 Å. In the fifth Li site, Li(5) is bonded to two equivalent O(2), two equivalent O(3), and two equivalent O(6) atoms to form LiO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-6°. Both Li(5)-O(2) bond lengths are 2.13 Å. Both Li(5)-O(3) bond lengths are 2.16 Å. Both Li(5)-O(6) bond lengths are 2.17 Å. There are three inequivalent Cr sites. In the first Cr site, Cr(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and two equivalent O(5) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(5)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. The Cr(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.03 Å. The Cr(1)-O(3) bond length is 2.03 Å. The Cr(1)-O(4) bond length is 2.02 Å. The Cr(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.03 Å. There is one shorter (2.01 Å) and one longer (2.02 Å) Cr(1)-O(5) bond length. In the second Cr site, Cr(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(6), one O(7), and two equivalent O(8) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(4)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(3)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Ni(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-7°. The Cr(2)-O(1) bond length is 2.00 Å. The Cr(2)-O(4) bond length is 1.99 Å. The Cr(2)-O(6) bond length is 2.03 Å. The Cr(2)-O(7) bond length is 1.96 Å. There is one shorter (2.03 Å) and one longer (2.04 Å) Cr(2)-O(8) bond length. In the third Cr site, Cr(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(6), one O(8), and two equivalent O(3) atoms to form CrO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(4)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(5)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 4-6°. The Cr(3)-O(1) bond length is 2.01 Å. The Cr(3)-O(2) bond length is 2.00 Å. The Cr(3)-O(6) bond length is 2.03 Å. The Cr(3)-O(8) bond length is 2.01 Å. There is one shorter (2.02 Å) and one longer (2.04 Å) Cr(3)-O(3) bond length. Ni(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(4), one O(5), and two equivalent O(7) atoms to form NiO6 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(5)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Li(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Cr(3)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Ni(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Li(4)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Cr(1)O6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent Cr(2)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 5-7°. The Ni(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Ni(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.04 Å. The Ni(1)-O(4) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Ni(1)-O(5) bond length is 2.04 Å. Both Ni(1)-O(7) bond lengths are 2.04 Å. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(4), one Cr(2), one Cr(3), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(2), one Li(5), one Cr(1), one Cr(3), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(5), one Cr(1), and two equivalent Cr(3) atoms to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded to one Li(2), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(2), two equivalent Cr(1), and one Ni(1) atom to form OLi3Cr2Ni octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-3°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(5), one Cr(1), one Cr(2), and one Cr(3) atom to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-4°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to one Li(1), one Li(3), one Li(4), one Cr(2), and two equivalent Ni(1) atoms to form OLi3CrNi2 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with three equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 0-3°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to one Li(3), two equivalent Li(1), one Cr(3), and two equivalent Cr(2) atoms to form OLi3Cr3 octahedra that share  a cornercorner with one O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(5)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(2)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(4)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(3)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(1)Li3Cr2Ni octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)Li3Cr3 octahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)Li3CrNi2 octahedra, and edges with three equivalent O(6)Li3Cr3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 1-4°.