Li2Mn3O6

This lithium manganese oxide compound is a crystalline material primarily investigated for its electrochemical properties. It is studied as a potential cathode material for advanced energy storage systems due to its ability to facilitate the reversible movement of lithium ions.

Crystal structure of Li2Mn3O6 (monoclinic, C2/m (No. 12))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for Li2Mn3O6, aggregated across 4 databases.

Band Gap

0.05–0.86 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.031 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

Metastable
3 DFT sources

Structures

15
4 databases, 4 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for Li2Mn3O6, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
C2/m (No. 12)monoclinic0.860.0312-7.6194.01
C2/m (No. 12)monoclinic0.050.0442-7.6064.26
P1 (No. 1)triclinic0.000.0622-7.5884.02
Cc (No. 9)monoclinic0.780.0688-7.5813.95
P1 (No. 1)triclinic0.390.0860-7.5644.19
Cmce (No. 64)orthorhombic0.000.0975-7.5523.82
Cmce (No. 64)
C2/m (No. 12)
C2/m (No. 12)Monoclinic4.26
C2/m (No. 12)Monoclinic4.69
C2/m (No. 12)Monoclinic4.49
C2/m (No. 12)Monoclinic4.01
Uses

Applications

Where Li2Mn3O6 is used.

Lithium-ion battery researchEnergy storage developmentElectrochemical materials science
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Li2Mn3O6, answered from cross-validated data.

What is Li2Mn3O6?

This lithium manganese oxide compound is a crystalline material primarily investigated for its electrochemical properties. It is studied as a potential cathode material for advanced energy storage systems due to its ability to facilitate the reversible movement of lithium ions.

More questions
What is Li2Mn3O6 used for?
Li2Mn3O6 is used in lithium-ion battery research, energy storage development, and electrochemical materials science.
What is the band gap of Li2Mn3O6?
Li2Mn3O6 has a DFT-computed band gap of 0.05–0.86 eV across 15 reported structures.
Is Li2Mn3O6 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a band gap up to 0.86 eV it is a semiconductor.
Is Li2Mn3O6 thermodynamically stable?
Li2Mn3O6 has a lowest energy above hull of 0.031 eV/atom (metastable).
What is the crystal structure of Li2Mn3O6?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of Li2Mn3O6 is monoclinic symmetry, space group C2/m (No. 12).
What is the density of Li2Mn3O6?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of Li2Mn3O6 is 4.01 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of Li2Mn3O6 are known?
15 structures of Li2Mn3O6 are reported across 4 databases, spanning 4 distinct space groups.
What elements does Li2Mn3O6 contain?
Li2Mn3O6 contains Li, Mn, and O (3 elements).
Where does the data for Li2Mn3O6 come from?
Li2Mn3O6 data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, mpaloe, omat24.
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Related Compounds

Other Layered Lithium Transition-Metal Oxides in the database.

Data sources & attribution
  • materials_project — Data from the Materials Project. Cite: Jain et al., APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013).
  • jarvis — Data from JARVIS (NIST). Cite: Choudhary et al., npj Comp. Mater. 6, 173 (2020).
  • mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.
  • omat24 — Data from OMat24 (Meta FAIR). Cite: Barroso-Luque et al., arXiv 2410.12771 (2024).

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