LiSbF6

Lithium hexafluoroantimonate · Lithium fluoroantimonate

Lithium hexafluoroantimonate is a chemical compound that serves as a source of lithium ions in various electrochemical systems. It is primarily utilized as a conductive electrolyte component in advanced battery technologies and specialized chemical synthesis.

FLiSb
Crystal structure of LiSbF6 (trigonal, R-3 (No. 148))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

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

Band Gap

4.93 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.000 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

On hull (stable)
2 DFT sources

Structures

5
3 databases, 1 space group
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for LiSbF6, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
R-3 (No. 148)trigonal4.930.0000-5.0584.11
R-3 (No. 148)
R-3 (No. 148)Trigonal3.56
R-3 (No. 148)Trigonal3.81
R-3 (No. 148)Trigonal3.67
Uses

Applications

Where Lithium hexafluoroantimonate is used.

Electrolytes for lithium-ion batteriesChemical synthesisCatalysis
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Lithium hexafluoroantimonate, answered from cross-validated data.

What is LiSbF6?

Lithium hexafluoroantimonate is a chemical compound that serves as a source of lithium ions in various electrochemical systems. It is primarily utilized as a conductive electrolyte component in advanced battery technologies and specialized chemical synthesis.

More questions
What is LiSbF6 used for?
Lithium hexafluoroantimonate (LiSbF6) is used in electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries, chemical synthesis, and catalysis.
What is the band gap of LiSbF6?
Lithium hexafluoroantimonate (LiSbF6) has a DFT-computed band gap of 4.93 eV across 5 reported structures.
Is LiSbF6 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a wide band gap up to 4.93 eV it is an insulator / wide-band-gap material.
Is LiSbF6 thermodynamically stable?
Yes — Lithium hexafluoroantimonate (LiSbF6) sits on the convex hull (energy above hull 0 eV/atom), i.e. on hull (stable).
What is the crystal structure of LiSbF6?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of Lithium hexafluoroantimonate (LiSbF6) is trigonal symmetry, space group R-3 (No. 148).
What is the density of LiSbF6?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of Lithium hexafluoroantimonate (LiSbF6) is 4.11 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of LiSbF6 are known?
5 structures of LiSbF6 are reported across 3 databases, spanning 1 distinct space group.
What elements does LiSbF6 contain?
Lithium hexafluoroantimonate (LiSbF6) contains F, Li, and Sb (3 elements).
Where does the data for LiSbF6 come from?
LiSbF6 data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, mpaloe.
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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