Materials Data on Cs2Ge(TeO4)3 by Materials Project
Cs2Ge(TeO4)3 crystallizes in the trigonal R-3m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Cs1+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted CsO6 octahedra that share corners with three equivalent GeO6 octahedra and corners with nine equivalent TeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 66–71°. There are three shorter (3.09 Å) and three longer (3.10 Å) Cs–O bond lengths. Ge4+ is bonded to six equivalent O2- atoms to form GeO6 octahedra that share corners with six equivalent CsO6 octahedra and corners with six equivalent TeO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 43–66°. All Ge–O bond lengths are 1.93 Å. Te6+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form TeO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent GeO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent TeO6 octahedra, and corners with six equivalent CsO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 43–71°. There is two shorter (1.91 Å) and four longer (1.98 Å) Te–O bond length. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to one Cs1+ and two equivalent Te6+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Cs1+, one Ge4+, and one Te6+ atom.