Materials Data on CuTeO3 by Materials Project
CuTeO3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Cu2+ is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There are two shorter (1.94 Å) and two longer (2.06 Å) Cu–O bond lengths. Te4+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.95 Å) and one longer (1.96 Å) Te–O bond length. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Cu2+ and one Te4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two equivalent Cu2+ and one Te4+ atom.