Materials Data on PuTe2 by Materials Project
PuTe2 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Pu4+ is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to nine Te2- atoms. There are a spread of Pu–Te bond distances ranging from 3.17–3.25 Å. There are two inequivalent Te2- sites. In the first Te2- site, Te2- is bonded to five equivalent Pu4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TePu5 trigonal bipyramids. In the second Te2- site, Te2- is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Pu4+ and four equivalent Te2- atoms. All Te–Te bond lengths are 3.12 Å.
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