Materials Data on Te3Pd13 by Materials Project
Pd13Te3 crystallizes in the cubic Fd-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent Pd sites. In the first Pd site, Pd is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to four Pd and one Te atom. There are one shorter (3.01 Å) and three longer (3.10 Å) Pd–Pd bond lengths. The Pd–Te bond length is 2.58 Å. In the second Pd site, Pd is bonded to ten Pd and four equivalent Te atoms to form distorted corner-sharing PdTe4Pd10 tetrahedra. All Pd–Pd bond lengths are 3.07 Å. All Pd–Te bond lengths are 2.79 Å. In the third Pd site, Pd is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to three Pd and two equivalent Te atoms. Both Pd–Pd bond lengths are 2.88 Å. Both Pd–Te bond lengths are 2.71 Å. In the fourth Pd site, Pd is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to twelve Pd and two equivalent Te atoms. Both Pd–Te bond lengths are 2.79 Å. There are two inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight Pd atoms. In the second Te site, Te is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight Pd atoms.