Li4Ni2(PO4)3

High-Entropy Materials HEA

MP-ID: mp-849437 · Space group: Pbcn (#60)

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Basic Information

Formula

Li4Ni2(PO4)3

MP-ID

mp-849437

Elements

Sites

Density

2.9982

g/cm³

Volume

952.77

Å³

Cell a

8.7516

Cell b

8.8977

Cell c

12.2355

α Angle

90.00

β Angle

90.00

γ Angle

90.00

Space Group

Pbcn

Point Group

mmm

Crystal System

Orthorhombic

Bravais Lattice

Orthorhombic P

Stability

Packing Fraction

0.5240

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern

Target / Radiation

X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; CuKa ; λ=1.5406 Å

Diffraction Peaks (Top 24)

2θ	d (Å)	I	hkl
14.48	6.1178	1.4	(0,0,2)
15.94	5.5584	17.9	(1,1,1)
19.96	4.4489	22.5	(0,2,0)
20.29	4.3758	24.6	(2,0,0)
20.33	4.3683	100.0	(1,1,2)
21.57	4.1202	1.0	(2,0,1)
22.42	3.9659	36.2	(1,2,0)
23.58	3.7726	26.0	(1,2,1)
23.80	3.7388	26.8	(2,1,1)
24.00	3.7076	49.7	(0,1,3)
25.02	3.5591	1.5	(2,0,2)
26.10	3.4139	10.5	(1,1,3)
26.79	3.3278	1.2	(1,2,2)
26.98	3.3045	38.7	(2,1,2)
28.61	3.1197	33.7	(2,2,0)
29.20	3.0589	15.4	(0,0,4)
29.55	3.0230	12.2	(2,2,1)
31.03	2.8824	9.0	(0,3,1)
31.46	2.8433	6.3	(1,2,3)
31.63	2.8287	3.9	(2,1,3)
32.21	2.7792	11.5	(2,2,2)
32.60	2.7466	16.6	(1,1,4)
32.71	2.7378	1.2	(1,3,1)
33.14	2.7035	38.6	(3,1,1)

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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom

-2.36596

eV/atom

Energy/atom

-6.88109

eV/atom

Energy above Hull

0.0599

eV/atom

Uncorrected Energy

-6.2465

eV/atom

Volume/atom

11.34

Å³

c/a Ratio

Electronic Properties

Metallic

Metal

Band Gap

Direct Gap

CBM

N/A

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic

Yes

Total Mag. Moment

15.7886

μB

Mag. Ordering

Mag. Sites

Magnetization/Volume

0.016570

μB/Å³

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Composition Overview

Element Composition (atomic fraction)

Composition Info

Major / Matrix Element

O · 0.571

Element Family

Metalloid-Nonmetal

Solute Fraction

0.429

Interstitial Fraction

0.143

High-Entropy Alloy Features

Composite Radar (normalized)

Element-Class Share

Mix Entropy ΔS/R

1.1376

HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)

Mix Entropy ΔS

9.4577

J/mol·K

Ω Parameter

0.2300

Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution

Atomic Size Mismatch δr

41.418%

δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution

Electronegativity Diff Δχ

0.9850

smaller = more stable mixing

VEC

4.143

valence electron concentration, affects phase stability

Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix

-13.472

kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing

Entropy Norm

0.8206

SS Former

Phase Tendency

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (1)

aaaebhuw

Citation & References

Materials Project Page

https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-849437

Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Li4Ni2(PO4)3 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-849437, database version v2026.04.13).

Literature Citation

Horton, M.K., Huck, P., Yang, R.X. et al. Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project. Nat. Mater. 24, 1522–1532 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0

BibTeX

@article{Horton2025,
  author  = {Horton, Matthew K. and Huck, Patrick and Yang, Ruo Xi and Munro, Jason M. and Dwaraknath, Shyam and Ganose, Alex M. and Kingsbury, Ryan S. and Wen, Mingjian and Shen, Jimmy X. and Mathis, Tyler S. and Kaplan, Aaron D. and Berket, Karlo and Riebesell, Janosh and George, Janine and Rosen, Andrew S. and Spotte-Smith, Evan W. C. and McDermott, Matthew J. and Cohen, Orion A. and Dunn, Alex and Kuner, Matthew C. and Rignanese, Gian-Marco and Petretto, Guido and Waroquiers, David and Griffin, Sinead M. and Neaton, Jeffrey B. and Chrzan, Daryl C. and Asta, Mark and Hautier, Geoffroy and Cholia, Shreyas and Ceder, Gerbrand and Ong, Shyue Ping and Jain, Anubhav and Persson, Kristin A.},
  title   = {Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project},
  journal = {Nature Materials},
  year    = {2025},
  volume  = {24},
  number  = {10},
  pages   = {1522--1532},
  month   = {oct},
  doi     = {10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0},
  issn    = {1476-4660},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0},
  abstract = {The Materials Project was launched formally in 2011 to drive materials discovery forwards through high-throughput computation and open data. More than a decade later, the Materials Project has become an indispensable tool used by more than 600,000 materials researchers around the world. This Perspective describes how the Materials Project, as a data platform and a software ecosystem, has helped to shape research in data-driven materials science. We cover how sustainable software and computational methods have accelerated materials design while becoming more open source and collaborative in nature. Next, we present cases where the Materials Project was used to understand and discover functional materials. We then describe our efforts to meet the needs of an expanding user base, through technical infrastructure updates ranging from data architecture and cloud resources to interactive web applications. Finally, we discuss opportunities to better aid the research community, with the vision that more accessible and easy-to-understand materials data will result in democratized materials knowledge and an increasingly collaborative community.}
}

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Raw CIF Data

# generated using pymatgen
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_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   8.75161300
_cell_length_b   8.89770800
_cell_length_c   12.23551900
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.00000000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Li4Ni2(PO4)3
_chemical_formula_sum   'Li16 Ni8 P12 O48'
_cell_volume   952.77126300
_cell_formula_units_Z   4
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  Li  Li0  1  0.92814800  0.55246600  0.71351600  1.0
  Li  Li1  1  0.57185200  0.55246600  0.28648400  1.0
  Li  Li2  1  0.26240100  0.70260700  0.81925300  1.0
  Li  Li3  1  0.23759900  0.70260700  0.18074700  1.0
  Li  Li4  1  0.76240100  0.79739300  0.68074700  1.0
  Li  Li5  1  0.73759900  0.79739300  0.31925300  1.0
  Li  Li6  1  0.42814800  0.94753400  0.78648400  1.0
  Li  Li7  1  0.07185200  0.94753400  0.21351600  1.0
  Li  Li8  1  0.92814800  0.05246600  0.78648400  1.0
  Li  Li9  1  0.57185200  0.05246600  0.21351600  1.0
  Li  Li10  1  0.26240100  0.20260700  0.68074700  1.0
  Li  Li11  1  0.23759900  0.20260700  0.31925300  1.0
  Li  Li12  1  0.76240100  0.29739300  0.81925300  1.0
  Li  Li13  1  0.73759900  0.29739300  0.18074700  1.0
  Li  Li14  1  0.42814800  0.44753400  0.71351600  1.0
  Li  Li15  1  0.07185200  0.44753400  0.28648400  1.0
  Ni  Ni16  1  0.54374800  0.75156800  0.10905200  1.0
  Ni  Ni17  1  0.95625200  0.75156800  0.89094800  1.0
  Ni  Ni18  1  0.45625200  0.74843200  0.60905200  1.0
  Ni  Ni19  1  0.04374800  0.74843200  0.39094800  1.0
  Ni  Ni20  1  0.95625200  0.25156800  0.60905200  1.0
  Ni  Ni21  1  0.54374800  0.25156800  0.39094800  1.0
  Ni  Ni22  1  0.45625200  0.24843200  0.89094800  1.0
  Ni  Ni23  1  0.04374800  0.24843200  0.10905200  1.0
  P  P24  1  0.75000000  0.54752500  0.50000000  1.0
  P  P25  1  0.25000000  0.95247500  0.00000000  1.0
  P  P26  1  0.75000000  0.04752500  0.00000000  1.0
  P  P27  1  0.25000000  0.45247500  0.50000000  1.0
  P  P28  1  0.60559500  0.60589000  0.85077300  1.0
  P  P29  1  0.89440500  0.60589000  0.14922700  1.0
  P  P30  1  0.10559500  0.89411000  0.64922700  1.0
  P  P31  1  0.39440500  0.89411000  0.35077300  1.0
  P  P32  1  0.60559500  0.10589000  0.64922700  1.0
  P  P33  1  0.89440500  0.10589000  0.35077300  1.0
  P  P34  1  0.10559500  0.39411000  0.85077300  1.0
  P  P35  1  0.39440500  0.39411000  0.14922700  1.0
  O  O36  1  0.35569600  0.54471000  0.57527800  1.0
  O  O37  1  0.14430400  0.54471000  0.42472200  1.0
  O  O38  1  0.09341400  0.56714000  0.83211000  1.0
  O  O39  1  0.40658600  0.56714000  0.16789000  1.0
  O  O40  1  0.66243700  0.65293800  0.57951300  1.0
  O  O41  1  0.83756300  0.65293800  0.42048700  1.0
  O  O42  1  0.76666500  0.65576800  0.81054600  1.0
  O  O43  1  0.73333500  0.65576800  0.18945400  1.0
  O  O44  1  0.57532800  0.65304900  0.96726200  1.0
  O  O45  1  0.92467200  0.65304900  0.03273800  1.0
  O  O46  1  0.47758400  0.67531800  0.77601400  1.0
  O  O47  1  0.02241600  0.67531800  0.22398600  1.0
  O  O48  1  0.97758400  0.82468200  0.72398600  1.0
  O  O49  1  0.52241600  0.82468200  0.27601400  1.0
  O  O50  1  0.07532800  0.84695100  0.53273800  1.0
  O  O51  1  0.42467200  0.84695100  0.46726200  1.0
  O  O52  1  0.23333500  0.84423200  0.31054600  1.0
  O  O53  1  0.26666500  0.84423200  0.68945400  1.0
  O  O54  1  0.16243700  0.84706200  0.92048700  1.0
  O  O55  1  0.33756300  0.84706200  0.07951300  1.0
  O  O56  1  0.59341400  0.93286000  0.66789000  1.0
  O  O57  1  0.90658600  0.93286000  0.33211000  1.0
  O  O58  1  0.85569600  0.95529000  0.92472200  1.0
  O  O59  1  0.64430400  0.95529000  0.07527800  1.0
  O  O60  1  0.14430400  0.04471000  0.07527800  1.0
  O  O61  1  0.35569600  0.04471000  0.92472200  1.0
  O  O62  1  0.09341400  0.06714000  0.66789000  1.0
  O  O63  1  0.40658600  0.06714000  0.33211000  1.0
  O  O64  1  0.66243700  0.15293800  0.92048700  1.0
  O  O65  1  0.83756300  0.15293800  0.07951300  1.0
  O  O66  1  0.76666500  0.15576800  0.68945400  1.0
  O  O67  1  0.73333500  0.15576800  0.31054600  1.0
  O  O68  1  0.57532800  0.15304900  0.53273800  1.0
  O  O69  1  0.92467200  0.15304900  0.46726200  1.0
  O  O70  1  0.47758400  0.17531800  0.72398600  1.0
  O  O71  1  0.02241600  0.17531800  0.27601400  1.0
  O  O72  1  0.97758400  0.32468200  0.77601400  1.0
  O  O73  1  0.52241600  0.32468200  0.22398600  1.0
  O  O74  1  0.07532800  0.34695100  0.96726200  1.0
  O  O75  1  0.42467200  0.34695100  0.03273800  1.0
  O  O76  1  0.26666500  0.34423200  0.81054600  1.0
  O  O77  1  0.23333500  0.34423200  0.18945400  1.0
  O  O78  1  0.16243700  0.34706200  0.57951300  1.0
  O  O79  1  0.33756300  0.34706200  0.42048700  1.0
  O  O80  1  0.59341400  0.43286000  0.83211000  1.0
  O  O81  1  0.90658600  0.43286000  0.16789000  1.0
  O  O82  1  0.85569600  0.45529000  0.57527800  1.0
  O  O83  1  0.64430400  0.45529000  0.42472200  1.0

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