Materials Data on ThTe3 by Materials Project
ThTe3 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/m space group. The structure is two-dimensional and consists of one ThTe3 sheet oriented in the (0, 0, 1) direction. Th4+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight Te+1.33- atoms. There are a spread of Th–Te bond distances ranging from 3.20–3.29 Å. There are three inequivalent Te+1.33- sites. In the first Te+1.33- site, Te+1.33- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Th4+ atoms. In the second Te+1.33- site, Te+1.33- is bonded to four equivalent Th4+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing TeTh4 trigonal pyramids. In the third Te+1.33- site, Te+1.33- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Th4+ atoms.