Antimony telluride

Electron micrograph of a seamless Bi2Te3/Sb2Te3 heterojunction and its atomic model (blue: Bi, green: Sb, red: Te)[1]

Names
Other names

antimony telluride, antimony(III) telluride, antimony telluride, diantimony tritelluride

Identifiers

CAS Number

* 1327-50-0 Y

3D model (JSmol)

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ChemSpider |

* 21241420 Y

ECHA InfoCard | 100.014.074

PubChem CID

* 6369653

InChI

* InChI=1S/2Sb.3Te/q2*+3;3*-2 Y

Key: RSPNQEPAQCYWKS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y

* InChI=1/2Sb.3Te/q2*+3;3*-2

Key: RSPNQEPAQCYWKS-UHFFFAOYAT

SMILES

* [Te]=[Sb][Te][Sb]=[Te]

* [Sb+3].[Sb+3].[Te-2].[Te-2].[Te-2]

Properties

Chemical formula

| Sb2Te3
Molar mass | 626.32 g·mol−1
Appearance  | grey solid
Density | 6.50 g cm−3[2][3]
Melting point | 620 °C (1,148 °F; 893 K)[2]
Band gap | 0.21 eV[4]
Thermal conductivity | 1.65 W/(m·K) (308 K)[5]
Structure

Crystal structure

| Rhombohedral, hR15

Space group

| R3m, No. 166[6]

Lattice constant

a = 0.4262 nm, c = 3.0435 nm

Formula units (Z)

| 3
Hazards
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):

PEL (Permissible)

| TWA 0.5 mg/m3 (as Sb)[7]

REL (Recommended)

| TWA 0.5 mg/m3 (as Sb)[7]
Related compounds

Other anions

| Sb2O3
Sb2S3
Sb2Se3

Other cations

| As2Te3
Bi2Te3

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Y verify (what is YN ?)

Infobox references

Chemical compound

Antimony telluride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Sb2Te3. As is true of other pnictogen chalcogenide layered materials, it is a grey crystalline solid with layered structure. Layers consist of two atomic sheets of antimony and three atomic sheets of tellurium and are held together by weak van der Waals forces. Sb2Te3 is a narrow-gap semiconductor with a band gap 0.21 eV; it is also a topological insulator, and thus exhibits thickness-dependent physical properties.[1]

## Crystalline structure

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Sb2Te3 has a rhombohedral crystalline structure.[8] The crystalline material comprises atoms covalently bonded to form 5 atom thick sheets (in order: Te-Sb-Te-Sb-Te), with sheets held together by van der Waals attraction. Due to its layered structure and weak inter-layer forces, bulk antimony telluride may be mechanically exfoliated to isolate single sheets.

## Synthesis

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Although antimony telluride is a naturally occurring compound, select stoichiometric compounds may be formed by the reaction of antimony with tellurium at 500–900 °C.[3]

2 Sb(l) + 3 Te(l) → Sb2Te3(l)

## Applications

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Like other binary chalcogenides of antimony and bismuth, Sb2Te3 has been investigated for its semiconductor properties. It can be transformed into both n-type and p-type semiconductors by doping with an appropriate dopant.[3]

Doping Sb2Te3 with iron introduces multiple Fermi pockets, in contrast to the single frequency detected for pure Sb2Te3, and results in reduced carrier density and mobility.[9]

Sb2Te3 forms the pseudobinary intermetallic system germanium-antimony-tellurium with germanium telluride, GeTe.[10]

Like bismuth telluride, Bi2Te3, antimony telluride has a large thermoelectric effect and is therefore used in solid state refrigerators.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b Eschbach, Markus; Młyńczak, Ewa; Kellner, Jens; Kampmeier, Jörn; Lanius, Martin; Neumann, Elmar; Weyrich, Christian; Gehlmann, Mathias; Gospodarič, Pika; Döring, Sven; Mussler, Gregor; Demarina, Nataliya; Luysberg, Martina; Bihlmayer, Gustav; Schäpers, Thomas; Plucinski, Lukasz; Blügel, Stefan; Morgenstern, Markus; Schneider, Claus M.; Grützmacher, Detlev (2015). "Realization of a vertical topological p–n junction in epitaxial Sb2Te3/Bi2Te3 heterostructures". Nature Communications. 6: 8816. arXiv:1510.02713. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.8816E. doi:10.1038/ncomms9816. PMC 4660041. PMID 26572278.
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Antimony compounds

Antimonides|

* AlSb
* Bi1-xSbx
* DySb
* GaSb
* HoSb
* HoSb2
* InSb
* PrSb
* SmSb
* YSb
* ZnSb

Sb(III)|

* SbBr3
* Sb(C2H3O2)3
* SbCl3
* SbF3
* Sb4O4(OH)2(NO3)2
* SbH3
* SbI3
* SbN
* Sb2O3
* Sb2S3
* Sb2(SO4)3
* Sb2Se3
* Sb2Te3

| Organoantimony(III) compounds|

* Sb(CH3)3
* Sb(C6H5)3

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Sb(III,V)|

* Sb2O4

Sb(V)|

* SbCl5
* SbF5
* Sb2O5
* Sb2S5

| Organoantimony(V) compounds|

* Sb(CH3)5
* Sb(C6H5)5

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Salts and covalent derivatives of the telluride ion

| H2Te
-TeH |  |  |  | He

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Li2Te | BeTe | B  | CTe2
(CH3)2Te | (NH4)2Te | O  | F  | Ne
Na2Te | MgTe | Al2Te3 | Si  | P0.8Te0.2 | S  | Cl  | Ar
K2Te | CaTe |  | Sc2Te3 | Ti  | VTe2 | CrTe
Cr2Te3 | MnTe
MnTe2 | FeTe | CoTe | NiTe | Cu2Te
CuTe
CuTe2 | ZnTe | GaTe
Ga2Te3
-Ga | GeTe
-Ge | As2Te3
As4Te3
+As | Se  | +Br | Kr
Rb2Te | SrTe |  | Y2Te3 | ZrTe5 | NbTe2 | MoTe2 | Tc  | Ru  | Rh  | Pd  | Ag2Te | CdTe | In2Te3 | SnTe
SnTe2 | Sb2Te3 | Te2-
Te2-
n | I  | Xe
Cs2Te | BaTe | *  | LuTe
Lu2Te3 | HfTe5 | TaTe2 | WTe2
WTe3 | ReTe2 | Os  | Ir  | Pt  | AuxTey | HgTe | Tl2Te | PbTe | Bi2Te3 | Po  | At  | Rn
Fr  | RaTe | **  | Lr  | Rf  | Db  | Sg  | Bh  | Hs  | Mt  | Ds  | Rg  | Cn  | Nh  | Fl  | Mc  | Lv  | Ts  | Og

*  | LaTe
La2Te3 | CeTe
Ce2Te3 | PrTe
Pr2Te3 | NdTe
Nd2Te3 | Pm  | SmTe
Sm2Te3 | EuTe
Eu2Te3 | GdTe
Gd2Te3 | TbTe
Tb2Te3 | DyTe
Dy2Te3 | HoTe
Ho2Te3 | ErTe
Er2Te3 | TmTe
Tm2Te3 | YbTe
Yb2Te3
**  | Ac  | ThTe2 | Pa  | UTe2 | Np  | Pu  | Am  | Cm  | Bk  | Cf  | Es  | Fm  | Md  | No
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