Materials Data on Zr3Te by Materials Project
Zr3Te crystallizes in the tetragonal I-4 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are three inequivalent Zr sites. In the first Zr site, Zr is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to two equivalent Te atoms. There are one shorter (2.91 Å) and one longer (3.05 Å) Zr–Te bond lengths. In the second Zr site, Zr is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Te atoms. There are a spread of Zr–Te bond distances ranging from 2.92–3.12 Å. In the third Zr site, Zr is bonded to four equivalent Te atoms to form a mixture of distorted corner and edge-sharing ZrTe4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Zr–Te bond distances ranging from 2.93–2.98 Å. Te is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Zr atoms.
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