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Materials Data on Sn(BiTe2)2 by Materials Project

SnBi2Te4 is MAX Phase-like structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3m space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of three SnBi2Te4 sheets oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Sn2+ is bonded to six equivalent Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with six equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. All Sn–Te bond lengths are 3.20 Å. Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. There are three shorter (3.09 Å) and three longer (3.30 Å) Bi–Te bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Bi3+ atoms. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three equivalent Sn2+ and three equivalent Bi3+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing TeSn3Bi3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°.

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Materials Data on Sn(BiTe2)2 by Materials Project

SnBi2Te4 crystallizes in the monoclinic Cm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are five inequivalent Sn2+ sites. In the first Sn2+ site, Sn2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one SnTe6 octahedra, corners with five BiTe6 octahedra, edges with four SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with eight BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–6°. There are a spread of Sn–Te bond distances ranging from 3.12–3.25 Å. In the second Sn2+ site, Sn2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one SnTe6 octahedra, corners with four BiTe6 octahedra, edges with three BiTe6 octahedra, and edges with six SnTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 6–55°. There are a spread of Sn–Te bond distances ranging from 3.02–3.47 Å. In the third Sn2+ site, Sn2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one SnTe6 octahedra, corners with five BiTe6 octahedra, edges with six SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–8°. There are a spread of Sn–Te bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.24 Å. In the fourth Sn2+ site, Sn2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one SnTe6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with four SnTe6 octahedra, edges with four BiTe6 octahedra, and a faceface with one BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 8–48°. There are a spread of Sn–Te bond distances ranging from 3.05–3.41 Å. In the fifth Sn2+ site, Sn2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share corners with five BiTe6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, edges with five BiTe6 octahedra, and a faceface with one BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–48°. There are a spread of Sn–Te bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.27 Å. There are ten inequivalent Bi3+ sites. In the first Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with five BiTe6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with five BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–50°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.03–3.39 Å. In the second Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one SnTe6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–49°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.17–3.20 Å. In the third Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with eight BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 3°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.10–3.28 Å. In the fourth Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one SnTe6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with seven BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–6°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 2.98–3.42 Å. In the fifth Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one SnTe6 octahedra, corners with five BiTe6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with eight BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–7°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.00–3.29 Å. In the sixth Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one BiTe6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, edges with four BiTe6 octahedra, and edges with five SnTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 5–6°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.01–3.40 Å. In the seventh Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one BiTe6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, edges with three SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–4°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.05–3.36 Å. In the eighth Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, corners with two equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with three SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–47°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.13–3.22 Å. In the ninth Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with six SnTe6 octahedra, corners with six BiTe6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, and faces with two SnTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 47–55°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.08–3.29 Å. In the tenth Bi3+ site, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with two BiTe6 octahedra, corners with four SnTe6 octahedra, edges with four BiTe6 octahedra, and edges with six SnTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–13°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.10–3.32 Å. There are twenty inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Sn2+ and three Bi3+ atoms. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Sn2+ and three Bi3+ atoms. In the third Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Bi3+ atoms. In the fourth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to one Sn2+ and five Bi3+ atoms to form TeSnBi5 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one TeSn4Bi2 octahedra, corners with two equivalent TeBi5 square pyramids, edges with six TeSnBi5 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one TeBi5 square pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. In the fifth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to five Bi3+ atoms to form TeBi5 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent TeSnBi5 octahedra, edges with three TeSnBi5 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent TeBi5 square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 4°. In the sixth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Bi3+ atoms. In the seventh Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Bi3+ atoms. In the eighth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three Sn2+ and three Bi3+ atoms to form TeSn3Bi3 octahedra that share corners with three TeSn4Bi2 octahedra and edges with nine TeSnBi5 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–3°. In the ninth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to two equivalent Sn2+ and four Bi3+ atoms to form TeSn2Bi4 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent TeSn3Bi3 octahedra, edges with seven TeSnBi5 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent TeBi5 square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 3°. In the tenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sn2+ and one Bi3+ atom. In the eleventh Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Bi3+ atoms. In the twelfth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to two equivalent Sn2+ and four Bi3+ atoms to form TeSn2Bi4 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent TeSn4Bi2 octahedra, edges with seven TeSn3Bi3 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent TeSn2Bi3 square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. In the thirteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to four Sn2+ and two equivalent Bi3+ atoms to form TeSn4Bi2 octahedra that share corners with three TeSnBi5 octahedra and edges with nine TeSn3Bi3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–2°. In the fourteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to three Sn2+ and two equivalent Bi3+ atoms. In the fifteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Bi3+ atoms. In the sixteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to two equivalent Sn2+ and three Bi3+ atoms to form TeSn2Bi3 square pyramids that share corners with two equivalent TeSn4Bi2 octahedra, edges with three TeSn2Bi4 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent TeSn2Bi3 square pyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 5°. In the seventeenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to four Sn2+ and two equivalent Bi3+ atoms to form TeSn4Bi2 octahedra that share a cornercorner with one TeSn3Bi3 octahedra, corners with two equivalent TeSn2Bi3 square pyramids, edges with six TeSn2Bi4 octahedra, and an edgeedge with one TeSn2Bi3 square pyramid. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. In the eighteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to one Sn2+ and three Bi3+ atoms. In the nineteenth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a distorted rectangular see-saw-like geometry to two equivalent Sn2+ and two Bi3+ atoms. In the twentieth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sn2+ and three Bi3+ atoms.

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Materials Data on SnBi4Te7 by Materials Project

SnBi4Te7 is MAX Phase-like structured and crystallizes in the trigonal P-3m1 space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one Bi2Te3 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction and one SnBi2Te4 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. In the Bi2Te3 sheet, Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. There are three shorter (3.10 Å) and three longer (3.27 Å) Bi–Te bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Bi3+ atoms. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to six equivalent Bi3+ atoms to form edge-sharing TeBi6 octahedra. In the SnBi2Te4 sheet, Sn2+ is bonded to six equivalent Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with six equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 3°. All Sn–Te bond lengths are 3.19 Å. Bi3+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 3°. There are three shorter (3.09 Å) and three longer (3.31 Å) Bi–Te bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three equivalent Sn2+ and three equivalent Bi3+ atoms to form a mixture of corner and edge-sharing TeSn3Bi3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Bi3+ atoms.

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Materials Data on SnBi3Te4 by Materials Project

(SnBi2Te3)2SnBi5Te6 is MAX Phase-like structured and crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one SnBi2Te3 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction and one SnBi5Te6 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. In the SnBi2Te3 sheet, there are two inequivalent Sn2+ sites. In the first Sn2+ site, Sn2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with three BiTe6 octahedra, and edges with six SnTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–4°. There are a spread of Sn–Te bond distances ranging from 3.00–3.37 Å. In the second Sn2+ site, Sn2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with three BiTe6 octahedra, and edges with six SnTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 3°. There are a spread of Sn–Te bond distances ranging from 3.02–3.36 Å. There are four inequivalent Bi2+ sites. In the first Bi2+ site, Bi2+ is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.57–3.63 Å. In the second Bi2+ site, Bi2+ is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.56–3.61 Å. In the third Bi2+ site, Bi2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, edges with three SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–4°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.13–3.22 Å. In the fourth Bi2+ site, Bi2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, edges with three SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 3°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.14–3.23 Å. There are six inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three Sn2+ and three Bi2+ atoms to form TeSn3Bi3 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent TeBi6 octahedra and edges with nine TeSn3Bi3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–2°. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three Sn2+ and three Bi2+ atoms to form TeSn3Bi3 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent TeBi6 octahedra and edges with nine TeSn3Bi3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. In the third Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sn2+ atoms. In the fourth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Sn2+ atoms. In the fifth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to six Bi2+ atoms to form distorted TeBi6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent TeSn3Bi3 octahedra and edges with nine TeBi6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. In the sixth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to six Bi2+ atoms to form distorted TeBi6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent TeSn3Bi3 octahedra and edges with nine TeBi6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–2°. In the SnBi5Te6 sheet, Sn2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with seven BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–4°. There are a spread of Sn–Te bond distances ranging from 3.03–3.36 Å. There are five inequivalent Bi2+ sites. In the first Bi2+ site, Bi2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with four equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with five BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.05–3.35 Å. In the second Bi2+ site, Bi2+ is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.57–3.63 Å. In the third Bi2+ site, Bi2+ is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to three Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.59–3.65 Å. In the fourth Bi2+ site, Bi2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with two equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with seven BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 2°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.10–3.26 Å. In the fifth Bi2+ site, Bi2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, an edgeedge with one SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with eight BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 3–4°. There are a spread of Bi–Te bond distances ranging from 3.15–3.21 Å. There are six inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to two equivalent Sn2+ and four Bi2+ atoms to form TeSn2Bi4 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent TeBi6 octahedra and edges with nine TeSn2Bi4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–3°. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to one Sn2+ and five Bi2+ atoms to form TeSnBi5 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent TeBi6 octahedra and edges with nine TeSn2Bi4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–3°. In the third Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Sn2+ and two equivalent Bi2+ atoms. In the fourth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sn2+ and one Bi2+ atom. In the fifth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to six Bi2+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeBi6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 1–3°. In the sixth Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to six Bi2+ atoms to form distorted TeBi6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent TeSnBi5 octahedra and edges with nine TeSn2Bi4 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 2–3°.

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Materials Data on Sn3BiTe4 by Materials Project

Sn3BiTe4 is Caswellsilverite-like structured and crystallizes in the trigonal R-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Sn2+ sites. In the first Sn2+ site, Sn2+ is bonded to six Te2- atoms to form SnTe6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, edges with three equivalent BiTe6 octahedra, and edges with nine SnTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. There are three shorter (3.18 Å) and three longer (3.25 Å) Sn–Te bond lengths. In the second Sn2+ site, Sn2+ is bonded to six equivalent Te2- atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing SnTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. All Sn–Te bond lengths are 3.23 Å. Bi2+ is bonded to six equivalent Te2- atoms to form BiTe6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, edges with six equivalent SnTe6 octahedra, and edges with six equivalent BiTe6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. All Bi–Te bond lengths are 3.21 Å. There are two inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to three equivalent Sn2+ and three equivalent Bi2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing TeSn3Bi3 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to six Sn2+ atoms to form a mixture of edge and corner-sharing TeSn6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–2°.

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