Li2Co3TeO8 is Spinel-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Cc space group. There are two inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-61°. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(8) atom to form distorted LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 60-66°. There are three inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. Te(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form TeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-51°. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(8) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the second O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the third O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the fifth O site, O(4) is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the sixth O site, O(5) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Co(2), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(6) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the eighth O site, O(7) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(1), one Co(2), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom.
Li2Co3TeO8 is Spinel-derived structured and crystallizes in the monoclinic Cc space group. There are two inequivalent Li sites. In the first Li site, Li(1) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form LiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with three equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and corners with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 52-61°. The Li(1)-O(2) bond length is 1.97 Å. The Li(1)-O(3) bond length is 1.97 Å. The Li(1)-O(6) bond length is 1.98 Å. The Li(1)-O(7) bond length is 1.96 Å. In the second Li site, Li(2) is bonded to one O(1), one O(4), one O(5), and one O(8) atom to form distorted LiO4 tetrahedra that share  a cornercorner with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(2)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 60-66°. The Li(2)-O(1) bond length is 2.02 Å. The Li(2)-O(4) bond length is 1.88 Å. The Li(2)-O(5) bond length is 2.01 Å. The Li(2)-O(8) bond length is 2.01 Å. There are three inequivalent Co sites. In the first Co site, Co(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(6), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 50°. The Co(1)-O(1) bond length is 2.18 Å. The Co(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Co(1)-O(3) bond length is 1.94 Å. The Co(1)-O(4) bond length is 1.85 Å. The Co(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.05 Å. The Co(1)-O(8) bond length is 2.19 Å. In the second Co site, Co(2) is bonded to one O(2), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. The Co(2)-O(2) bond length is 2.11 Å. The Co(2)-O(3) bond length is 1.95 Å. The Co(2)-O(4) bond length is 2.00 Å. The Co(2)-O(5) bond length is 2.18 Å. The Co(2)-O(7) bond length is 2.07 Å. The Co(2)-O(8) bond length is 2.10 Å. In the third Co site, Co(3) is bonded to one O(1), one O(3), one O(4), one O(5), one O(6), and one O(7) atom to form CoO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Te(1)O6 octahedra,  a cornercorner with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Te(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Li(2)O4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. The Co(3)-O(1) bond length is 2.10 Å. The Co(3)-O(3) bond length is 1.95 Å. The Co(3)-O(4) bond length is 2.00 Å. The Co(3)-O(5) bond length is 2.20 Å. The Co(3)-O(6) bond length is 2.11 Å. The Co(3)-O(7) bond length is 2.06 Å. Te(1) is bonded to one O(1), one O(2), one O(5), one O(6), one O(7), and one O(8) atom to form TeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent Co(1)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(2)O6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent Co(3)O6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(1)O4 tetrahedra, corners with three equivalent Li(2)O4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(1)O6 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one Co(2)O6 octahedra, and  an edgeedge with one Co(3)O6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 50-51°. The Te(1)-O(1) bond length is 1.95 Å. The Te(1)-O(2) bond length is 2.01 Å. The Te(1)-O(5) bond length is 1.93 Å. The Te(1)-O(6) bond length is 2.02 Å. The Te(1)-O(7) bond length is 2.01 Å. The Te(1)-O(8) bond length is 1.95 Å. There are eight inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(8) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the second O site, O(1) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the third O site, O(2) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Te(1) atom. In the fourth O site, O(3) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the fifth O site, O(4) is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to one Li(2), one Co(1), one Co(2), and one Co(3) atom. In the sixth O site, O(5) is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(2), one Co(2), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the seventh O site, O(6) is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Li(1), one Co(1), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom. In the eighth O site, O(7) is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to one Li(1), one Co(2), one Co(3), and one Te(1) atom.