LiMnCoO4

Lithium manganese cobalt oxide

This material is a complex metal oxide typically investigated as a cathode component for advanced battery systems. It is designed to balance the electrochemical performance and structural stability provided by its constituent transition metals during charge and discharge cycles.

Crystal structure of LiMnCoO4 (orthorhombic, Imma (No. 74))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for LiMnCoO4, aggregated across 3 databases.

Band Gap

0.25 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.029 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

Metastable
2 DFT sources

Structures

8
3 databases, 2 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for LiMnCoO4, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
Imma (No. 74)orthorhombic0.000.0294-7.2144.35
Imma (No. 74)orthorhombic0.000.1156-7.1284.27
P-1 (No. 2)triclinic0.250.1212-7.1224.33
Imma (No. 74)
Imma (No. 74)Orthorhombic4.35
Imma (No. 74)Orthorhombic4.70
Imma (No. 74)
Imma (No. 74)Orthorhombic4.91
Uses

Applications

Where LiMnCoO4 is used.

Lithium-ion battery researchEnergy storage developmentElectrochemical material science
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about LiMnCoO4, answered from cross-validated data.

What is LiMnCoO4?

This material is a complex metal oxide typically investigated as a cathode component for advanced battery systems. It is designed to balance the electrochemical performance and structural stability provided by its constituent transition metals during charge and discharge cycles.

More questions
What is LiMnCoO4 used for?
LiMnCoO4 is used in lithium-ion battery research, energy storage development, and electrochemical material science.
What is the band gap of LiMnCoO4?
LiMnCoO4 has a DFT-computed band gap of 0.25 eV across 8 reported structures.
Is LiMnCoO4 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a band gap up to 0.25 eV it is a semiconductor.
Is LiMnCoO4 thermodynamically stable?
LiMnCoO4 has a lowest energy above hull of 0.029 eV/atom (metastable).
What is the crystal structure of LiMnCoO4?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of LiMnCoO4 is orthorhombic symmetry, space group Imma (No. 74).
What is the density of LiMnCoO4?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of LiMnCoO4 is 4.35 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of LiMnCoO4 are known?
8 structures of LiMnCoO4 are reported across 3 databases, spanning 2 distinct space groups.
What elements does LiMnCoO4 contain?
LiMnCoO4 contains Co, Li, Mn, and O (4 elements).
Where does the data for LiMnCoO4 come from?
LiMnCoO4 data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, mpaloe.
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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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