Materials Data on TlP3 by Materials Project
TlP3 crystallizes in the trigonal R3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Tl1+ is bonded to four P+0.33- atoms to form TlP4 tetrahedra that share corners with six equivalent TlP4 tetrahedra and corners with six equivalent PP4 trigonal pyramids. All Tl–P bond lengths are 2.65 Å. There are three inequivalent P+0.33- sites. In the first P+0.33- site, P+0.33- is bonded to four P+0.33- atoms to form PP4 trigonal pyramids that share corners with six equivalent TlP4 tetrahedra and corners with six equivalent PP4 trigonal pyramids. There are one shorter (2.19 Å) and three longer (2.50 Å) P–P bond lengths. In the second P+0.33- site, P+0.33- is bonded to one Tl1+ and three equivalent P+0.33- atoms to form distorted PTlP3 trigonal pyramids that share corners with six equivalent PTl3P tetrahedra and corners with six equivalent PTlP3 trigonal pyramids. In the third P+0.33- site, P+0.33- is bonded to three equivalent Tl1+ and one P+0.33- atom to form PTl3P tetrahedra that share corners with six equivalent PTl3P tetrahedra and corners with six equivalent PTlP3 trigonal pyramids.