Materials Data on Te4Mo2WS2 by Materials Project

Abstract

(MoTe2)2WS2 is Molybdenite-derived structured and crystallizes in the trigonal P3m1 space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of two MoTe2 sheets oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction and one WS2 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. In each MoTe2 sheet, Mo+4.50+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form distorted edge-sharing MoTe6 pentagonal pyramids. There are three shorter (2.71 Å) and three longer (2.72 Å) Mo–Te bond lengths. Te2- is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Mo+4.50+ atoms. All Te–Mo bond lengths are 2.72 Å. In the WS2 sheet, W3+ is bonded to six S2- atoms to form distorted edge-sharing WS6 pentagonal pyramids. All W–S bond lengths are 2.48 Å. There are two inequivalent S2- sites. In the first S2- site, S2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to three equivalent W3+ atoms. In the second S2- site, S2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent W3+ atoms.