DOI: 10.17188/1689630
title: Materials Data on Tb5Te9 by Materials Project

description: Tb5Te9 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are twelve inequivalent Tb+3.60+ sites. In the first Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.16–3.36 Å. In the second Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.28 Å. In the third Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.13–3.30 Å. In the fourth Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.32 Å. In the fifth Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.22–3.32 Å. In the sixth Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.32 Å. In the seventh Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.13–3.30 Å. In the eighth Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal geometry to seven Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.13–3.17 Å. In the ninth Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.22–3.32 Å. In the tenth Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal geometry to seven Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.13–3.17 Å. In the eleventh Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.29 Å. In the twelfth Tb+3.60+ site, Tb+3.60+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Tb–Te bond distances ranging from 3.16–3.36 Å. There are twenty-two inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Tb+3.60+ and one Te2- atom. The Te–Te bond length is 3.04 Å. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the third Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the fourth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four Tb+3.60+ and two equivalent Te2- atoms. In the fifth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to five Tb+3.60+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeTb5 trigonal bipyramids. In the sixth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the seventh Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to four Tb+3.60+ and two equivalent Te2- atoms. Both Te–Te bond lengths are 3.04 Å. In the eighth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to five Tb+3.60+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeTb5 trigonal bipyramids. In the ninth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the tenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the eleventh Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the twelfth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the thirteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the fourteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the fifteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to five Tb+3.60+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeTb5 trigonal bipyramids. In the sixteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to five Tb+3.60+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeTb5 trigonal bipyramids. In the seventeenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to five Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the eighteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to five Tb+3.60+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing TeTb5 trigonal bipyramids. In the nineteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Tb+3.60+ and one Te2- atom. In the twentieth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the twenty-first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Tb+3.60+ atoms. In the twenty-second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Tb+3.60+ atoms.