Li7Ni5O12
This material is a complex lithium nickel oxide used primarily in the study of advanced energy storage systems. It serves as a precursor or active material component in the development of high-performance battery electrodes.

Key Properties
Cross-validated computational properties for Li7Ni5O12, aggregated across 3 databases.
Band GapEnergy needed to move an electron from the valence band to the conduction band. Lower or zero values tend to behave more metallic; larger gaps are more insulating or semiconducting.
Energy Above HullThermodynamic distance from the most stable set of competing phases. 0 eV/atom is on the convex hull; small positive values may still be experimentally accessible.
StabilityA plain-language summary of the best reported energy-above-hull result. It reflects whether the lowest-energy structure is on, near, or far from the stability hull.
StructuresCount of reported calculated crystal structures for this formula, including alternate polymorphs, source databases, and observed space groups.
Reported Structures
Lowest-energy structures reported for Li7Ni5O12, ranked by energy above hull.
| Space GroupSymmetry classification of the crystal arrangement. The number is the international space-group index. | Crystal SystemBroad lattice family, such as cubic, tetragonal, monoclinic, or triclinic, derived from unit-cell symmetry. | Band Gap (eV)Electronic gap calculated for this specific reported structure, measured in electronvolts. | E above hull (eV/atom)Thermodynamic distance from the convex hull for this structure, normalized per atom. Lower is generally more stable. | E/atom (eV)Computed total energy normalized per atom. Use energy above hull, not this value alone, when comparing stability. | Density (g/cm³)Mass per relaxed crystal volume, reported in grams per cubic centimeter. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C2 (No. 5) | monoclinic | 0.54 | 0.0071 | -5.769 | 4.57 |
| P-1 (No. 2) | triclinic | 0.00 | 0.0218 | -5.755 | 4.41 |
| C2 (No. 5) | monoclinic | 0.00 | 0.0362 | -5.740 | 4.37 |
| C2/m (No. 12) | — | — | — | — | — |
| C2 (No. 5) | Monoclinic | — | — | — | 4.44 |
| C2 (No. 5) | Monoclinic | — | — | — | 4.59 |
| P-1 (No. 2) | Triclinic | — | — | — | 4.55 |
| P-1 (No. 2) | Triclinic | — | — | — | 4.63 |
| C2 (No. 5) | Monoclinic | — | — | — | 4.69 |
| P-1 (No. 2) | Triclinic | — | — | — | 4.41 |
| C2 (No. 5) | — | — | — | — | — |
| C2 (No. 5) | Monoclinic | — | — | — | 4.54 |
Applications
Where Li7Ni5O12 is used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Li7Ni5O12, answered from cross-validated data.
What is Li7Ni5O12?
This material is a complex lithium nickel oxide used primarily in the study of advanced energy storage systems. It serves as a precursor or active material component in the development of high-performance battery electrodes.
What is Li7Ni5O12 used for?
What is the band gap of Li7Ni5O12?
Is Li7Ni5O12 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Is Li7Ni5O12 thermodynamically stable?
What is the crystal structure of Li7Ni5O12?
What is the density of Li7Ni5O12?
How many polymorphs of Li7Ni5O12 are known?
What elements does Li7Ni5O12 contain?
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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.
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