Materials Data on Te8Rh3 by Materials Project
Rh3Te8 crystallizes in the trigonal R-3 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Rh+3.33+ is bonded to six Te+1.25- atoms to form corner-sharing RhTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 62–63°. There are a spread of Rh–Te bond distances ranging from 2.68–2.71 Å. There are two inequivalent Te+1.25- sites. In the first Te+1.25- site, Te+1.25- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Rh+3.33+ and one Te+1.25- atom. The Te–Te bond length is 2.91 Å. In the second Te+1.25- site, Te+1.25- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Rh+3.33+ atoms.
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