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Title: Materials Data on Ge2Sb2Te5 by Materials Project

Abstract

Ge2Sb2Te5 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ge4+ sites. In the first Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form GeTe6 octahedra that share corners with two SbTe6 octahedra, corners with three GeTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent GeTe6 octahedra, and edges with six SbTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–7°. There are a spread of Ge–Te bond distances ranging from 2.85–3.20 Å. In the second Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form GeTe6 octahedra that share corners with two SbTe6 octahedra, corners with three GeTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent GeTe6 octahedra, and edges with six SbTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–4°. There are a spread of Ge–Te bond distances ranging from 2.82–3.19 Å. There are two inequivalent Sb1+ sites. In the first Sb1+ site, Sb1+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SbTe6 octahedra that share corners with two GeTe6 octahedra, corners with three SbTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent SbTe6 octahedra, and edges with six GeTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–8°. There are a spread of Sb–Te bond distancesmore » ranging from 2.98–3.20 Å. In the second Sb1+ site, Sb1+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SbTe6 octahedra that share corners with two GeTe6 octahedra, corners with three SbTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent SbTe6 octahedra, and edges with six GeTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. There are a spread of Sb–Te bond distances ranging from 2.95–3.19 Å. There are five inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to two Ge4+ and three Sb1+ atoms to form TeGe2Sb3 square pyramids that share corners with six TeGe2Sb3 square pyramids and edges with seven TeGe3Sb2 square pyramids. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two Ge4+ and two Sb1+ atoms. In the third Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three Ge4+ and two Sb1+ atoms to form TeGe3Sb2 square pyramids that share corners with six TeGe3Sb2 square pyramids and edges with seven TeGe2Sb3 square pyramids. In the fourth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three Ge4+ and two Sb1+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing TeGe3Sb2 square pyramids. In the fifth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to two Ge4+ and three Sb1+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing TeGe2Sb3 square pyramids.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Other Number(s):
mp-1224407
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; EDCBEE
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). LBNL Materials Project
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Collaborations:
MIT; UC Berkeley; Duke; U Louvain
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Keywords:
crystal structure; Ge2Sb2Te5; Ge-Sb-Te
OSTI Identifier:
1674531
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17188/1674531

Citation Formats

The Materials Project. Materials Data on Ge2Sb2Te5 by Materials Project. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.17188/1674531.
The Materials Project. Materials Data on Ge2Sb2Te5 by Materials Project. United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1674531
The Materials Project. 2020. "Materials Data on Ge2Sb2Te5 by Materials Project". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.17188/1674531. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1674531. Pub date:Sat May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020
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title = {Materials Data on Ge2Sb2Te5 by Materials Project},
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abstractNote = {Ge2Sb2Te5 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ge4+ sites. In the first Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form GeTe6 octahedra that share corners with two SbTe6 octahedra, corners with three GeTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent GeTe6 octahedra, and edges with six SbTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–7°. There are a spread of Ge–Te bond distances ranging from 2.85–3.20 Å. In the second Ge4+ site, Ge4+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form GeTe6 octahedra that share corners with two SbTe6 octahedra, corners with three GeTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent GeTe6 octahedra, and edges with six SbTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–4°. There are a spread of Ge–Te bond distances ranging from 2.82–3.19 Å. There are two inequivalent Sb1+ sites. In the first Sb1+ site, Sb1+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SbTe6 octahedra that share corners with two GeTe6 octahedra, corners with three SbTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent SbTe6 octahedra, and edges with six GeTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–8°. There are a spread of Sb–Te bond distances ranging from 2.98–3.20 Å. In the second Sb1+ site, Sb1+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SbTe6 octahedra that share corners with two GeTe6 octahedra, corners with three SbTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent SbTe6 octahedra, and edges with six GeTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–4°. There are a spread of Sb–Te bond distances ranging from 2.95–3.19 Å. There are five inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to two Ge4+ and three Sb1+ atoms to form TeGe2Sb3 square pyramids that share corners with six TeGe2Sb3 square pyramids and edges with seven TeGe3Sb2 square pyramids. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two Ge4+ and two Sb1+ atoms. In the third Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three Ge4+ and two Sb1+ atoms to form TeGe3Sb2 square pyramids that share corners with six TeGe3Sb2 square pyramids and edges with seven TeGe2Sb3 square pyramids. In the fourth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three Ge4+ and two Sb1+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing TeGe3Sb2 square pyramids. In the fifth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to two Ge4+ and three Sb1+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing TeGe2Sb3 square pyramids.},
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